aonteangach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-, uni-”) + teanga (“tongue, language”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aonteangach (genitive singular masculine aonteangaigh, genitive singular feminine aonteangaí, plural aonteangacha, not comparable)

1. monolingual, unilingual

Declension

Declension of aonteangach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	aonteangach	aonteangach	aonteangacha
vocative	aonteangaigh		aonteangacha
genitive		aonteangaí	aonteangacha	aonteangach
dative	aonteangach	aonteangach; aonteangaigh (archaic)	aonteangacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

aonteangach m (genitive singular aonteangaigh, nominative plural aonteangaigh)

1. monoglot

Declension

Declension of aonteangach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aonteangach aonteangaigh vocative a aonteangaigh a aonteangacha genitive aonteangaigh aonteangach dative aonteangach aonteangaigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an t-aonteangach na haonteangaigh genitive an aonteangaigh na n-aonteangach dative leis an aonteangach don aonteangach leis na haonteangaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonteangach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aonteangach	n-aonteangach	haonteangach	t-aonteangach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonteangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN