monafónach

Irish

Etymology

From mona- +‎ fón + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

monafónach (genitive singular masculine monafónaigh, genitive singular feminine monafónaí, plural monafónacha, not comparable)

1. (music) monophonic

   Synonym: aonfhónach

2. monaural, monophonic (of sound reproduction)

   Synonym: aonfhónach

Declension

Declension of monafónach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	monafónach	mhonafónach	monafónacha; mhonafónacha²
Vocative	mhonafónaigh		monafónacha
Genitive		monafónaí	monafónacha	monafónach
Dative	monafónach; mhonafónach¹	mhonafónach; mhonafónaigh (archaic)	monafónacha; mhonafónacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
monafónach	mhonafónach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “monafónach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024