fianaiseach

Irish

Etymology

From fianaise (“witness; presence”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fianaiseach (genitive singular masculine fianaisigh, genitive singular feminine fianaisí, plural fianaiseacha, comparative fianaisí)

1. evidential, bearing witness
2. present

Declension

Declension of fianaiseach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fianaiseach	fhianaiseach	fianaiseacha; fhianaiseacha²
Vocative	fhianaisigh		fianaiseacha
Genitive		fianaisí	fianaiseacha	fianaiseach
Dative	fianaiseach; fhianaiseach¹	fhianaiseach; fhianaisigh (archaic)	fianaiseacha; fhianaiseacha²
Comparative	níos fianaisí
Superlative	is fianaisí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fianaiseach	fhianaiseach	bhfianaiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fianaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fianaiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024