fo-thairseachúil

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ tairseach (“threshold”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fo-thairseachúil (genitive singular masculine fo-thairseachúil, genitive singular feminine fo-thairseachúla, plural fo-thairseachúla, comparative fo-thairseachúla)

1. subliminal

Declension

Declension of fo-thairseachúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fo-thairseachúil	fho-thairseachúil	fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla²
Vocative	fho-thairseachúil		fo-thairseachúla
Genitive		fo-thairseachúla	fo-thairseachúla	fo-thairseachúil
Dative	fo-thairseachúil; fho-thairseachúil¹	fho-thairseachúil	fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla²
Comparative	níos fo-thairseachúla
Superlative	is fo-thairseachúla

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-thairseachúil	fho-thairseachúil	bhfo-thairseachúil
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-thairseachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “subliminal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024