adhmainteach

Irish

Etymology

From adhmaint (“adamant, lodestone; magnet”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhmainteach (genitive singular masculine adhmaintigh, genitive singular feminine adhmaintí, plural adhmainteacha, comparative adhmaintí)

1. magnetic

Declension

Declension of adhmainteach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	adhmainteach	adhmainteach	adhmainteacha
vocative	adhmaintigh		adhmainteacha
genitive		adhmaintí	adhmainteacha	adhmainteach
dative	adhmainteach	adhmainteach; adhmaintigh (archaic)	adhmainteacha
Comparative	níos adhmaintí
Superlative	is adhmaintí

Synonyms

• maighnéadach

Related terms

• adhmainteas m (“magnetism”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhmainteach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
adhmainteach	n-adhmainteach	hadhmainteach	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

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