féitheogach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From féitheog (“(small) sinew; muscle”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]féitheogach (genitive singular masculine féitheogaigh, genitive singular feminine féitheogaí, plural féitheogacha, comparative féitheogaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of féitheogach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | féitheogach | fhéitheogach | féitheogacha; fhéitheogacha² | |
Vocative | fhéitheogaigh | féitheogacha | ||
Genitive | féitheogaí | féitheogacha | féitheogach | |
Dative | féitheogach; fhéitheogach¹ |
fhéitheogach; fhéitheogaigh (archaic) |
féitheogacha; fhéitheogacha² | |
Comparative | níos féitheogaí | |||
Superlative | is féitheogaí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féitheogach | fhéitheogach | bhféitheogach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féitheogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
[edit]- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féitheogach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féitheogach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024