fótaigineach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fótaigineach (genitive singular masculine fótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine fótaiginí, plural fótaigineacha, comparative fótaiginí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fótaigineach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fótaigineach | fhótaigineach | fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha² | |
| Vocative | fhótaiginigh | fótaigineacha | ||
| Genitive | fótaiginí | fótaigineacha | fótaigineach | |
| Dative | fótaigineach; fhótaigineach¹ |
fhótaigineach; fhótaiginigh (archaic) |
fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fótaiginí | |||
| Superlative | is fótaiginí | |||
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 |
| fótaigineach | fhótaigineach | bhfótaigineach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fótaigineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fótaigineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fótaigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024