fuaimneach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fúaimnech; synchronically, fuaim +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnigh, genitive singular feminine fuaimní, plural fuaimneacha, comparative fuaimní)

1. sounding, resounding, resonant

   Synonym: athshondach

Declension

Declension of fuaimneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fuaimneach	fhuaimneach	fuaimneacha; fhuaimneacha²
Vocative	fhuaimnigh		fuaimneacha
Genitive		fuaimní	fuaimneacha	fuaimneach
Dative	fuaimneach; fhuaimneach¹	fhuaimneach; fhuaimnigh (archaic)	fuaimneacha; fhuaimneacha²
Comparative	níos fuaimní
Superlative	is fuaimní

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
fuaimneach	fhuaimneach	bhfuaimneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaimneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuaimneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fuaimneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fúaimnech; synchronically, fuaim +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnich, comparative fuaimniche)

1. noisy, loud

   Synonym: faramach

Related terms

• fuaimnich

Mutation

Mutation of fuaimneach

radical	lenition
fuaimneach	fhuaimneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language