féasógach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fésócach (compare Manx faasaagagh, Scottish Gaelic feusagach); synchronically féasóg (“beard”) + -ach.
Adjective
féasógach (genitive singular masculine féasógaigh, genitive singular feminine féasógaí, plural féasógacha, comparative féasógaí)
Declension
Declension of féasógach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | féasógach | fhéasógach | féasógacha; fhéasógacha² | |
Vocative | fhéasógaigh | féasógacha | ||
Genitive | féasógaí | féasógacha | féasógach | |
Dative | féasógach; fhéasógach¹ |
fhéasógach; fhéasógaigh (archaic) |
féasógacha; fhéasógacha² | |
Comparative | níos féasógaí | |||
Superlative | is féasógaí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féasógach | fhéasógach | bhféasógach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féasógach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésócach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féasógach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féasógach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024