fálach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fál (“hedge, fence; wall, barrier; enclosure, field”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fálach (genitive singular masculine fálaigh, genitive singular feminine fálaí, plural fálacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fálach | fhálach | fálacha; fhálacha² | |
| Vocative | fhálaigh | fálacha | ||
| Genitive | fálaí | fálacha | fálach | |
| Dative | fálach; fhálach¹ |
fhálach; fhálaigh (archaic) |
fálacha; fhálacha² | |
| 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
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fálach | fhálach | bhfálach |
| 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) “fálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN