fo-thairseachúil
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fo- (“sub-”) + tairseach (“threshold”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
fo-thairseachúil (genitive singular masculine fo-thairseachúil, genitive singular feminine fo-thairseachúla, plural fo-thairseachúla, comparative fo-thairseachúla)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fo-thairseachúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fo-thairseachúil | fho-thairseachúil | fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla² | |
| Vocative | fho-thairseachúil | fo-thairseachúla | ||
| Genitive | fo-thairseachúla | fo-thairseachúla | fo-thairseachúil | |
| Dative | fo-thairseachúil; fho-thairseachúil¹ |
fho-thairseachúil | fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla² | |
| Comparative | níos fo-thairseachúla | |||
| Superlative | is fo-thairseachúla | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fo-thairseachúil | fho-thairseachúil | bhfo-thairseachúil |
| 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-thairseachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “subliminal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024