faitcheasach
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Irish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
faitcheasach (genitive singular masculine faitcheasaigh, genitive singular feminine faitcheasaí, plural faitcheasacha, comparative faitcheasaí)
- Obsolete spelling of faitíosach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”).
Declension[edit]
Declension of faitcheasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | faitcheasach | fhaitcheasach | faitcheasacha; fhaitcheasacha² | |
| Vocative | fhaitcheasaigh | faitcheasacha | ||
| Genitive | faitcheasaí | faitcheasacha | faitcheasach | |
| Dative | faitcheasach; fhaitcheasach¹ |
fhaitcheasach; fhaitcheasaigh (archaic) |
faitcheasacha; fhaitcheasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos faitcheasaí | |||
| Superlative | is faitcheasaí | |||
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 |
| faitcheasach | fhaitcheasach | bhfaitcheasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN