fo-ordaitheach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fo-ordaigh (“subordinate”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fo-ordaitheach (genitive singular masculine fo-ordaithigh, genitive singular feminine fo-ordaithí, plural fo-ordaitheacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fo-ordaitheach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fo-ordaitheach | fho-ordaitheach | fo-ordaitheacha; fho-ordaitheacha² | |
Vocative | fho-ordaithigh | fo-ordaitheacha | ||
Genitive | fo-ordaithí | fo-ordaitheacha | fo-ordaitheach | |
Dative | fo-ordaitheach; fho-ordaitheach¹ |
fho-ordaitheach; fho-ordaithigh (archaic) |
fo-ordaitheacha; fho-ordaitheacha² | |
Comparative | níos fo-ordaithí | |||
Superlative | is fo-ordaithí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fo-ordaitheach | fho-ordaitheach | bhfo-ordaitheach |
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) “fo-ordaitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN