foighneach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From foighne (“patience”) + -each (adjectival suffix); compare Old Irish foditnech (the source of Scottish Gaelic foighidneach, a spelling also found in Irish).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foighneach (genitive singular masculine foighnigh, genitive singular feminine foighní, plural feargacha, comparative foighní)
- patient
- Antonym: mífhoighneach
Declension
[edit]Declension of foighneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | foighneach | fhoighneach | foighneacha; fhoighneacha² | |
| Vocative | fhoighnigh | foighneacha | ||
| Genitive | foighní | foighneacha | foighneach | |
| Dative | foighneach; fhoighneach¹ |
fhoighneach; fhoighnigh (archaic) |
foighneacha; fhoighneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos foighní | |||
| Superlative | is foighní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foighneach | fhoighneach | bhfoighneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foditnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foiġdeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 324
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foighneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foighneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “foighneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024