leath-thonach

Irish

Etymology

From leath- (“half”) +‎ tonach (“tonal”) and leath-thon (“semitone, halftone”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

leath-thonach (genitive singular masculine leath-thonaigh, genitive singular feminine leath-thonaí, plural leath-thonacha, not comparable)

1. (art, printing) halftone (attributive)

   greanadóireacht leath-thonach ― halftone engraving

2. (music) chromatic, semitonal

   Synonym: crómatach

Declension

Declension of leath-thonach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	leath-thonach	leath-thonach	leath-thonacha
Vocative	leath-thonaigh		leath-thonacha
Genitive		leath-thonaí	leath-thonacha	leath-thonach
Dative	leath-thonach	leath-thonach; leath-thonaigh (archaic)	leath-thonacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Derived terms

• scála leath-thonach

Further reading

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