feithicleach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From feithicil (“vehicle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
feithicleach (genitive singular masculine feithicligh, genitive singular feminine feithiclí, plural feithicleacha, not comparable)
- vehicular (of or pertaining to a vehicle or vehicles)
Declension[edit]
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[edit]
| 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[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feithicleach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “feithicleach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “feithicleach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.