focheadal

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“minor, lesser”) +‎ ceadal (“recital”).

Noun

focheadal m (genitive singular focheadail)

1. (literary, music) (act of) singing, chanting (in accompaniment)

Declension

Declension of focheadal

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative focheadal Vocative a fhocheadail Genitive focheadail Dative focheadal

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an focheadal Genitive an fhocheadail Dative leis an bhfocheadal don fhocheadal

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
focheadal	fhocheadal	bhfocheadal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “focheadal”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN