fagharthach
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Irish
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fagharthach (genitive singular masculine fagharthaigh, genitive singular feminine fagharthaí, plural fagharthacha, comparative fagharthaí)
- Synonym of faghartha (“tempered; fiery, mettlesome; glinting”)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fagharthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fagharthach | fhagharthach | fagharthacha; fhagharthacha² | |
| Vocative | fhagharthaigh | fagharthacha | ||
| Genitive | fagharthaí | fagharthacha | fagharthach | |
| Dative | fagharthach; fhagharthach¹ |
fhagharthach; fhagharthaigh (archaic) |
fagharthacha; fhagharthacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fagharthaí | |||
| Superlative | is fagharthaí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fagharthach | fhagharthach | bhfagharthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fagharthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN