aortach

Irish

Etymology

From aorta (aorta) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aortach (genitive singular masculine aortaigh, genitive singular feminine aortaí, plural aortacha, not comparable)

  1. aortic

Declension

Declension of aortach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative aortach aortach aortacha
vocative aortaigh aortacha
genitive aortaí aortacha aortach
dative aortach aortach;
aortaigh (archaic)
aortacha
Comparative níos aortaí
Superlative is aortaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of aortach
radical eclipsis with h-prothesis with t-prothesis
aortach n-aortach haortach 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

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aortach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • aortach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025