adhartach

Irish

Etymology

From adhairt (“bolster, pillow”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhartach (genitive singular masculine adhartaigh, genitive singular feminine adhartaí, plural adhartacha, not comparable)

  1. pillow (attributive)

Declension
Declension of adhartach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative adhartach adhartach adhartacha
Vocative adhartaigh adhartacha
Genitive adhartaí adhartacha adhartach
Dative adhartach adhartach;
adhartaigh (archaic)		 adhartacha
Comparative níos adhartaí
Superlative is adhartaí

Derived terms
  • laibhe adhartach f (“pillow lava”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhartach n-adhartach hadhartach not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From adhart +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhartach (comparative adhartaiche)

  1. advanced, progressive, enterprising
  2. energetic, pushing, pushy

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalEclipsiswith h-prothesiswith t-prothesis
adhartachn-adhartachh-adhartacht-adhartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhartach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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