fo-oifigeach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ oifigeach (“officer; official”).

Noun

fo-oifigeach m (genitive singular fo-oifigigh, nominative plural fo-oifigigh)

1. subordinate officer, subaltern
2. subordinate official

Declension

Declension of fo-oifigeach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fo-oifigeach fo-oifigigh Vocative a fho-oifigigh a fho-oifigeacha Genitive fo-oifigigh fo-oifigeach Dative fo-oifigeach fo-oifigigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fo-oifigeach na fo-oifigigh Genitive an fho-oifigigh na bhfo-oifigeach Dative leis an bhfo-oifigeach don fho-oifigeach leis na fo-oifigigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fo-oifigeach	fho-oifigeach	bhfo-oifigeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-oifigeach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN