aidiacht

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish (ainmm) adiecht (“adjective”), borrowed from Latin adiectīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /aˈdʲiəxt̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈadʲiəxt̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈadʲa(h)t̪ˠ/

Noun

aidiacht f (genitive singular aidiachta, nominative plural aidiachtaí)

1. (grammar) adjective

Declension

Declension of aidiacht (third declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative aidiacht aidiachtaí vocative a aidiacht a aidiachtaí genitive aidiachta aidiachtaí dative aidiacht aidiachtaí forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an aidiacht na haidiachtaí genitive na haidiachta na n-aidiachtaí dative leis an aidiacht don aidiacht leis na haidiachtaí

Derived terms

• aidiacht cháilíochta (“attributive adjective”)
• aidiacht shealbhach (“possessive adjective”)
• aidiacht thaispeántach (“demonstrative adjective”)
• aidiacht uimhriúil (“numeral adjective”)
• aidiachtach (“adjectival”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aidiacht

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aidiacht	n-aidiacht	haidiacht	not applicable

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

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “adiec(h)t(a)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aidiacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN