fócasach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fócas (“focus”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fócasach (genitive singular masculine fócasaigh, genitive singular feminine fócasaí, plural fócasacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fócasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fócasach | fhócasach | fócasacha; fhócasacha² | |
| Vocative | fhócasaigh | fócasacha | ||
| Genitive | fócasaí | fócasacha | fócasach | |
| Dative | fócasach; fhócasach¹ |
fhócasach; fhócasaigh (archaic) |
fócasacha; fhócasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fócasaí | |||
| Superlative | is fócasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- fad fócasach (“focal length”)
- pointe fócasach (“focal point”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fócasach | fhócasach | bhfócasach |
| 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) “fócasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “focal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024