fadálach
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See also: fadalach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]fadáil + -ach; compare Scottish Gaelic fadalach
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠəˈd̪ˠɑːl̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠɑːlˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠalˠa(x)/[1]
Adjective
[edit]fadálach (genitive singular masculine fadálaigh, genitive singular feminine fadálaí, plural fadálacha, comparative fadálaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fadálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fadálach | fhadálach | fadálacha; fhadálacha² | |
| Vocative | fhadálaigh | fadálacha | ||
| Genitive | fadálaí | fadálacha | fadálach | |
| Dative | fadálach; fhadálach¹ |
fhadálach; fhadálaigh (archaic) |
fadálacha; fhadálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fadálaí | |||
| Superlative | is fadálaí | |||
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 |
| fadálach | fhadálach | bhfadálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
Further reading
[edit]- “fadálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faddálach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fadálach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 290
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN