aortach

Irish

Etymology

From aorta (“aorta”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aortach (genitive singular masculine aortaigh, genitive singular feminine aortaí, plural aortacha, not comparable)

1. aortic

Declension

Declension of aortach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aortach	aortach	aortacha
Vocative	aortaigh		aortacha
Genitive		aortaí	aortacha	aortach
Dative	aortach	aortach; aortaigh (archaic)	aortacha
Comparative	níos aortaí
Superlative	is aortaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aortach	n-aortach	haortach	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) “aortach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “aortach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024