airtéiseach

Irish

Etymology

From French puits artésien (“artesian well”), from the former province of Artois where the technique of artesian wells was elaborated by the monks in the 12th century.

Adjective

airtéiseach (genitive singular masculine airtéisigh, genitive singular feminine airtéisí, plural airtéiseacha, not comparable)

  1. artesian

Declension

Declension of airtéisea
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative airtéisea airtéisea airtéisea;
airtéisea2
vocative airtéisea airtéisea
genitive airtéisea airtéisea airtéisea
dative airtéisea;
airtéisea1 		airtéisea airtéisea;
airtéisea2
Comparative níos airtéisea
Superlative is airtéisea

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of airtéiseach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
airtéiseach n-airtéiseach hairtéiseach 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

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