fo-chomhfhiosach

Irish

Etymology

From fo-chomhfhios (“subconscious, subconsciousness”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fo-chomhfhiosach (genitive singular masculine fo-chomhfhiosaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-chomhfhiosaí, plural fo-chomhfhiosacha, comparative fo-chomhfhiosaí)

1. subconscious

Declension

Declension of fo-chomhfhiosach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fo-chomhfhiosach	fho-chomhfhiosach	fo-chomhfhiosacha; fho-chomhfhiosacha²
Vocative	fho-chomhfhiosaigh		fo-chomhfhiosacha
Genitive		fo-chomhfhiosaí	fo-chomhfhiosacha	fo-chomhfhiosach
Dative	fo-chomhfhiosach; fho-chomhfhiosach¹	fho-chomhfhiosach; fho-chomhfhiosaigh (archaic)	fo-chomhfhiosacha; fho-chomhfhiosacha²
Comparative	níos fo-chomhfhiosaí
Superlative	is fo-chomhfhiosaí

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
fo-chomhfhiosach	fho-chomhfhiosach	bhfo-chomhfhiosach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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