aonteangach

Irish

Etymology

From aon- (“mono-, uni-”) + teanga (“tongue, language”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aonteangach (genitive singular masculine aonteangaigh, genitive singular feminine aonteangaí, plural aonteangacha, not comparable)

1. monolingual, unilingual

Declension

Declension of aonteangach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	aonteangach	aonteangach	aonteangacha
vocative	aonteangaigh		aonteangacha
genitive		aonteangaí	aonteangacha	aonteangach
dative	aonteangach	aonteangach; aonteangaigh (archaic)	aonteangacha
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

Noun

aonteangach m (genitive singular aonteangaigh, nominative plural aonteangaigh)

1. monoglot

Declension

Declension of aonteangach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative aonteangach aonteangaigh vocative a aonteangaigh a aonteangacha genitive aonteangaigh aonteangach dative aonteangach aonteangaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an t-aonteangach na haonteangaigh genitive an aonteangaigh na n-aonteangach dative leis an aonteangach don aonteangach leis na haonteangaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of aonteangach

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aonteangach	n-aonteangach	haonteangach	t-aonteangach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aonteangach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN