fo-ghartach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
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Adjective
[edit]fo-ghartach (genitive singular masculine fo-ghartaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-ghartaí, plural fo-ghartacha, comparative fo-ghartaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fo-ghartach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fo-ghartach | fho-ghartach | fo-ghartacha; fho-ghartacha² | |
| Vocative | fho-ghartaigh | fo-ghartacha | ||
| Genitive | fo-ghartaí | fo-ghartacha | fo-ghartach | |
| Dative | fo-ghartach; fho-ghartach¹ |
fho-ghartach; fho-ghartaigh (archaic) |
fo-ghartacha; fho-ghartacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fo-ghartaí | |||
| Superlative | is fo-ghartaí | |||
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-ghartach | fho-ghartach | bhfo-ghartach |
| 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-ghartach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN