"adharcach" meaning in Irish

See adharcach in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: From Middle Irish adarcach. By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). The sense ‘sexually aroused’ is a semantic loan from English horny. Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|mga|adarcach}} Middle Irish adarcach, {{surf|ga|adharc|-ach|pos=adjective|pos2=adjectival suffix|t1=horn}} By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix), {{semantic loan|ga|en|horny|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English horny Head templates: {{head|ga|adjective|genitive singular masculine|adharcaigh|genitive singular feminine|adharcaí||{{{gsf2}}}|plural|adharcacha||{{{pl2}}}|comparative|adharcaí|||altform=|head=}} adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí), {{ga-adj|comp=adharcaí|gsf=adharcaí|gsm=adharcaigh|pl=~a}} adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: adharcaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], adharcaí [feminine, genitive, singular], adharcacha [plural], adharcaí [comparative], no-table-tags [table-tags], adharcach [masculine, nominative, singular], adharcach [feminine, nominative, singular], adharcacha [error-unrecognized-form, nominative, plural], adharcaigh [masculine, singular, vocative], adharcach [feminine, singular, vocative], adharcacha [error-unrecognized-form, plural, vocative], adharcaigh [genitive, masculine, singular], adharcaí [feminine, genitive, singular], adharcacha [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], adharcach [error-unrecognized-form, genitive, plural], adharcach [dative, masculine, singular], adharcach [dative, feminine, singular], adharcaigh [archaic, dative, feminine, singular], adharcacha [dative, error-unrecognized-form, plural], níos adharcaí [comparative, error-unrecognized-form], is adharcaí [error-unrecognized-form, superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], adharcach [error-unrecognized-form], n-adharcach [error-unrecognized-form], hadharcach [error-unrecognized-form], - [error-unrecognized-form]
  1. horned, horny
    Sense id: en-adharcach-ga-adj-trGCGO3~ Categories (other): Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach, Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach: 56 44 Disambiguation of Irish entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 43 3 6 48
  2. horny (sexually aroused)
    Sense id: en-adharcach-ga-adj-0iks18hc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: daol adharcach (english: stag beetle), ciaróg adharcach (english: rhinoceros beetle), nathair shligreach adharcach (english: sidewinder (snake)) Related terms: gearr-adharcach (english: short-horned) [adjective], adharcacht (english: horniness) [feminine] 
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "stag beetle",
      "translation": "stag beetle",
      "word": "daol adharcach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "rhinoceros beetle",
      "translation": "rhinoceros beetle",
      "word": "ciaróg adharcach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "sidewinder (snake)",
      "translation": "sidewinder (snake)",
      "word": "nathair shligreach adharcach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "adarcach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish adarcach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "adharc",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "adjective",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "horn"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "horny",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from English horny",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish adarcach. By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). The sense ‘sexually aroused’ is a semantic loan from English horny.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos adharcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is adharcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-adharcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hadharcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "adharcacha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "adharcaí",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "adharcaigh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "adharcaí",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "altform": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "adharcaí",
        "gsf": "adharcaí",
        "gsm": "adharcaigh",
        "pl": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "short-horned",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "short-horned",
      "word": "gearr-adharcach"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "horniness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "horniness",
      "word": "adharcacht"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "56 44",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "85 15",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "43 3 6 48",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "horned, horny"
      ],
      "id": "en-adharcach-ga-adj-trGCGO3~",
      "links": [
        [
          "horned",
          "horned"
        ],
        [
          "horny",
          "horny"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "horny (sexually aroused)"
      ],
      "id": "en-adharcach-ga-adj-0iks18hc",
      "links": [
        [
          "horny",
          "horny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "adharcach"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "Irish adjectives",
    "Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach",
    "Irish entries with incorrect language header",
    "Irish lemmas",
    "Irish semantic loans from English",
    "Irish terms derived from English",
    "Irish terms derived from Middle Irish",
    "Irish terms inherited from Middle Irish",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "stag beetle",
      "translation": "stag beetle",
      "word": "daol adharcach"
    },
    {
      "english": "rhinoceros beetle",
      "translation": "rhinoceros beetle",
      "word": "ciaróg adharcach"
    },
    {
      "english": "sidewinder (snake)",
      "translation": "sidewinder (snake)",
      "word": "nathair shligreach adharcach"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "mga",
        "3": "adarcach"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Irish adarcach",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "adharc",
        "3": "-ach",
        "pos": "adjective",
        "pos2": "adjectival suffix",
        "t1": "horn"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix)",
      "name": "surf"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "horny",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from English horny",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle Irish adarcach. By surface analysis, adharc (“horn”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). The sense ‘sexually aroused’ is a semantic loan from English horny.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaí",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaí",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "l-self",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcaigh",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "archaic",
        "dative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcacha",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "níos adharcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "is adharcaí",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form",
        "superlative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ga-mut",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adharcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "n-adharcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hadharcach",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "-",
      "source": "mutation",
      "tags": [
        "error-unrecognized-form"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ga",
        "10": "adharcacha",
        "11": "",
        "12": "{{{pl2}}}",
        "13": "comparative",
        "14": "adharcaí",
        "15": "",
        "16": "",
        "2": "adjective",
        "3": "genitive singular masculine",
        "4": "adharcaigh",
        "5": "genitive singular feminine",
        "6": "adharcaí",
        "7": "",
        "8": "{{{gsf2}}}",
        "9": "plural",
        "altform": "",
        "head": ""
      },
      "expansion": "adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "adharcaí",
        "gsf": "adharcaí",
        "gsm": "adharcaigh",
        "pl": "~a"
      },
      "expansion": "adharcach (genitive singular masculine adharcaigh, genitive singular feminine adharcaí, plural adharcacha, comparative adharcaí)",
      "name": "ga-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "ga-mut"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Irish",
  "lang_code": "ga",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "short-horned",
      "tags": [
        "adjective"
      ],
      "translation": "short-horned",
      "word": "gearr-adharcach"
    },
    {
      "english": "horniness",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "translation": "horniness",
      "word": "adharcacht"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "horned, horny"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horned",
          "horned"
        ],
        [
          "horny",
          "horny"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "horny (sexually aroused)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horny",
          "horny"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "adharcach"
}

Download raw JSONL data for adharcach meaning in Irish (4.9kB)

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'strong noun'",
  "path": [
    "adharcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "adharcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'weak noun'",
  "path": [
    "adharcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "adharcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: adharcach/Irish 'radical' base_tags=set()",
  "path": [
    "adharcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "adharcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/735",
  "msg": "inflection table: unrecognized header: 'eclipsis'",
  "path": [
    "adharcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "adharcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: adharcach/Irish 'with h-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "adharcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "adharcach",
  "trace": ""
}

{
  "called_from": "inflection/865",
  "msg": "inflection table: IF WITHOUT ELSE EVALS False: adharcach/Irish 'with t-prothesis' base_tags={'error-unrecognized-form'}",
  "path": [
    "adharcach"
  ],
  "section": "Irish",
  "subsection": "adjective",
  "title": "adharcach",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Irish dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-02-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (f492ef9 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.