fo-alpach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ Alpach (“Alpine”).

Adjective

fo-alpach (genitive singular masculine fo-alpaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alpaí, plural fo-alpacha, comparative fo-alpaí)

1. subalpine

Declension

Declension of fo-alpach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fo-alpach	fho-alpach	fo-alpacha; fho-alpacha²
Vocative	fho-alpaigh		fo-alpacha
Genitive		fo-alpaí	fo-alpacha	fo-alpach
Dative	fo-alpach; fho-alpach¹	fho-alpach; fho-alpaigh (archaic)	fo-alpacha; fho-alpacha²
Comparative	níos fo-alpaí
Superlative	is fo-alpaí

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
fo-alpach	fho-alpach	bhfo-alpach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-alpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “subalpine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024