adhantaí

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Irish

Etymology 1

From adhaint (“inflammation; ignition”) +‎ -aí (agent suffix).

Noun

adhantaí m (genitive singular adhantaí, nominative plural adhantaithe)

  1. fire-lighter (of fuel)
Declension
Declension of adhantaí (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative adhantaí adhantaithe
vocative a adhantaí a adhantaithe
genitive adhantaí adhantaithe
dative adhantaí adhantaithe
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an t-adhantaí na hadhantaithe
genitive an adhantaí na n-adhantaithe
dative leis an adhantaí
don adhantaí 		leis na hadhantaithe

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

adhantaí

  1. inflection of adhantach (“igneous, inflammable”):
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of adhantaí
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
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

References

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