alcólach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom alcól (“alcohol”) + -ach.
Adjective
editalcólach (genitive singular masculine alcólaigh, genitive singular feminine alcólaí, plural alcólacha, comparative alcólaí)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | alcólach | alcólach | alcólacha | |
vocative | alcólaigh | alcólacha | ||
genitive | alcólaí | alcólacha | alcólach | |
dative | alcólach | alcólach; alcólaigh (archaic) |
alcólacha | |
Comparative | níos alcólaí | |||
Superlative | is alcólaí |
Derived terms
edit- galar ae alcólach m (“alcoholic liver disease”)
Mutation
editradical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
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alcólach | n-alcólach | halcólach | 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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “alcólach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “alcólach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “alcólach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024