foghrach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foghrach (genitive singular masculine foghraigh, genitive singular feminine foghraí, plural foghracha, not comparable)
- (linguistics) phonic
- Synonym: fónach
Declension
[edit]Declension of foghrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | foghrach | fhoghrach | foghracha; fhoghracha² | |
Vocative | fhoghraigh | foghracha | ||
Genitive | foghraí | foghracha | foghrach | |
Dative | foghrach; fhoghrach¹ |
fhoghrach; fhoghraigh (archaic) |
foghracha; fhoghracha² | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
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]- dea-fhoghrach (“euphonic”)
Related terms
[edit]- foghraí (“phonetician”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
foghrach | fhoghrach | bhfoghrach |
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) “foghrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foghrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “foghrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024