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Irish
Etymology
From Medieval Latin opticus, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός (optikós, “of seeing”). Partially calqued, substituting the native adjectival suffix -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
optach (genitive singular masculine optaigh, genitive singular feminine optaí, plural optacha)
- optic
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Eclipsis |
with h-prothesis |
with t-prothesis
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| optach
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n-optach
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hoptach
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not applicable
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “optach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “optach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “optach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024