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
Positive singular plural
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

Mutated forms of adhartach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhartach n-adhartach hadhartach 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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From adhart +‎ -ach.

Adjective

adhartach (comparative adhartaiche)

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

Mutation

Mutation of adhartach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
adhartach n-adhartach h-adhartach t-adhartach

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

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “adhartach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
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