adhantaí
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From adhaint (“inflammation; ignition”) + -aí (suffix used to form agent nouns).
Noun
[edit]adhantaí m (genitive singular adhantaí, nominative plural adhantaithe)
- fire-lighter (of fuel)
Declension
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Etymology 2
[edit]See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
[edit]adhantaí
- inflection of adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”):
Mutation
[edit]radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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adhantaí | n-adhantaí | hadhantaí | t-adhantaí |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “adhantaí”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “adhantaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN