From Middle Irish adarcach. By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). The sense ‘sexually aroused’ is a semantic loan from English horny.
adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)
| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | adharcach | adharcach | adharcacha | |
| vocative | adharcaigh | adharcacha | ||
| genitive | adharcaí | adharcacha | adharcach | |
| dative | adharcach | adharcach; adharcaigh (archaic) |
adharcacha | |
| Comparative | níos adharcaí | |||
| Superlative | is adharcaí | |||
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| adharcach | n-adharcach | hadharcach | not applicable |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Old Irish adarcach, from adarc (“horn”). By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaich, genitive singular feminine adharcaiche, comparative adharcaiche)
| Case | Masculine singular | Feminine singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | adharcach | adharcach | adharcach |
| Vocative | adharcaich | adharcach | adharcach |
| Genitive | adharcaich | adharcaiche | adharcach |
| Dative | adharcach | adharcaich | adharcach |
| radical | eclipsis | with h-prothesis | with t-prothesis |
|---|---|---|---|
| adharcach | n-adharcach | h-adharcach | t-adharcach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.