alafatach

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄλειφαρ (áleiphar, “oil, ointment”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

alafatach (genitive singular masculine alafataigh, genitive singular feminine alafataí, plural alafatacha, not comparable)

  1. (organic chemistry) aliphatic

Declension

Declension of alafatach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative alafatach alafatach alafatacha
vocative alafataigh alafatacha
genitive alafataí alafatacha alafatach
dative alafatach alafatach;
alafataigh (archaic) 		alafatacha
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

Mutation

Mutated forms of alafatach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
alafatach n-alafatach halafatach not applicable

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

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