féitheogach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From féitheog (“(small) sinew; muscle”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
féitheogach (genitive singular masculine féitheogaigh, genitive singular feminine féitheogaí, plural féitheogacha, comparative féitheogaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of féitheogach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | féitheogach | fhéitheogach | féitheogacha; fhéitheogacha² | |
| Vocative | fhéitheogaigh | féitheogacha | ||
| Genitive | féitheogaí | féitheogacha | féitheogach | |
| Dative | féitheogach; fhéitheogach¹ |
fhéitheogach; fhéitheogaigh (archaic) |
féitheogacha; fhéitheogacha² | |
| Comparative | níos féitheogaí | |||
| Superlative | is féitheogaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| féitheogach | fhéitheogach | bhféitheogach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féitheogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féitheogach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féitheogach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024