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

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	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, 2013-2024