féinghluaiste

Irish

Etymology

From féin- +‎ gluaiste.

Adjective

féinghluaiste (genitive singular masculine féinghluaiste, genitive singular feminine féinghluaiste, plural féinghluaiste, not comparable)

1. self-propelled

Declension

Declension of féinghluaiste

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	féinghluaiste	fhéinghluaiste	féinghluaiste; fhéinghluaiste²
Vocative	fhéinghluaiste		féinghluaiste
Genitive		féinghluaiste	féinghluaiste	féinghluaiste
Dative	féinghluaiste; fhéinghluaiste¹	fhéinghluaiste	féinghluaiste; fhéinghluaiste²
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.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féinghluaiste	fhéinghluaiste	bhféinghluaiste
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féinghluaiste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féinghluaiste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “féinghluaiste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024