feithicleach

Irish

Etymology

From feithicil (“vehicle”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

feithicleach (genitive singular masculine feithicligh, genitive singular feminine feithiclí, plural feithicleacha, not comparable)

1. vehicular (of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles)

Declension

Declension of feithicleach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	feithicleach	fheithicleach	feithicleacha; fheithicleacha²
Vocative	fheithicligh		feithicleacha
Genitive		feithiclí	feithicleacha	feithicleach
Dative	feithicleach; fheithicleach¹	fheithicleach; fheithicligh (archaic)	feithicleacha; fheithicleacha²
Comparative	níos feithiclí
Superlative	is feithiclí

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
feithicleach	fheithicleach	bhfeithicleach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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