foirmniseach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foirmniseach (genitive singular masculine foirmnisigh, genitive singular feminine foirmnisí, plural foirmniseacha, comparative foirmnisí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of foirmniseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | foirmniseach | fhoirmniseach | foirmniseacha; fhoirmniseacha² | |
| Vocative | fhoirmnisigh | foirmniseacha | ||
| Genitive | foirmnisí | foirmniseacha | foirmniseach | |
| Dative | foirmniseach; fhoirmniseach¹ |
fhoirmniseach; fhoirmnisigh (archaic) |
foirmniseacha; fhoirmniseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos foirmnisí | |||
| Superlative | is foirmnisí | |||
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 |
| foirmniseach | fhoirmniseach | bhfoirmniseach |
| 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 89
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foirmniseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN