aontonach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-”) +‎ ton (“tone”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

aontonach (genitive singular masculine aontonaigh, genitive singular feminine aontonaí, plural aontonacha, comparative aontonaí)

1. monotonous (of speech)
2. (mathematics) monotonic

Declension

Declension of aontonach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aontonach	aontonach	aontonacha
vocative	aontonaigh		aontonacha
genitive		aontonaí	aontonacha	aontonach
dative	aontonach	aontonach; aontonaigh (archaic)	aontonacha
Comparative	níos aontonaí
Superlative	is aontonaí

Related terms

• aontonacht f (“monotonicity”)
• aonton m (“monotone”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of aontonach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aontonach	n-aontonach	haontonach	not applicable

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) “aontonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “aontonach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “aontonach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025