fulangach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fuilngech.[2] By surface analysis, fulaingt +‎ -ach.

Adjective

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fulangach (genitive singular masculine fulangaigh, genitive singular feminine fulangaí, plural fulangacha, comparative fulangaí)

  1. passive (taking no action)
  2. forbearing, long-suffering, resigned
  3. tolerant, patient
  4. (nominalized) patient or long-suffering person

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fulangach fhulangach bhfulangach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ fulangach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuilngech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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Scottish Gaelic

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Etymology

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From Middle Irish fuilngech. By surface analysis, fulang +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fulangach

  1. hardy, tough
  2. (grammar) passive

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fulangach fhulangach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.