Antartaice

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Irish

Etymology

From New Latin Antarctica, from Ancient Greek ἀνταρκτικός (antarktikós), from ἀντι- (anti-, “anti-, against, opposed”) + ἀρκτικός (arktikós, “Arctic”), from ἄρκτος (árktos, “bear”).

Proper noun

Antartaice f (genitive Antartaice)

  1. Antarctica (a continent)

Declension

Declension of Antartaice (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative Antartaice
vocative a Antartaice
genitive Antartaice
dative Antartaice
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an Antartaice
genitive na hAntartaice
dative leis an Antartaice
don Antartaice

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of Antartaice
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
Antartaice nAntartaice hAntartaice 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

  • “Antartaice”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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