fo-alpach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fo- (“sub-”) + Alpach (“Alpine”).
Adjective
[edit]fo-alpach (genitive singular masculine fo-alpaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alpaí, plural fo-alpacha, comparative fo-alpaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fo-alpach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fo-alpach | fho-alpach | fo-alpacha; fho-alpacha² | |
| Vocative | fho-alpaigh | fo-alpacha | ||
| Genitive | fo-alpaí | fo-alpacha | fo-alpach | |
| Dative | fo-alpach; fho-alpach¹ |
fho-alpach; fho-alpaigh (archaic) |
fo-alpacha; fho-alpacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fo-alpaí | |||
| Superlative | is fo-alpaí | |||
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 |
| fo-alpach | fho-alpach | bhfo-alpach |
| 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) “fo-alpach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “subalpine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024