alúmanach

Irish

Etymology

From alúmana (“alumina”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alúmanach (genitive singular masculine alúmanaigh, genitive singular feminine alúmanaí, plural alúmanacha, not comparable)

1. (inorganic chemistry) aluminous

Declension

Declension of alúmanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	alúmanach	alúmanach	alúmanacha
Vocative	alúmanaigh		alúmanacha
Genitive		alúmanaí	alúmanacha	alúmanach
Dative	alúmanach	alúmanach; alúmanaigh (archaic)	alúmanacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
alúmanach	n-alúmanach	halúmanach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alúmanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alúmanach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm