foraoiseach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From foraois (“forest”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)
- forested, timbered
- Synonym: foraoisithe
Declension
[edit]Declension of foraoiseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | foraoiseach | fhoraoiseach | foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha² | |
Vocative | fhoraoisigh | foraoiseacha | ||
Genitive | foraoisí | foraoiseacha | foraoiseach | |
Dative | foraoiseach; fhoraoiseach¹ |
fhoraoiseach; fhoraoisigh (archaic) |
foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha² | |
Comparative | níos foraoisí | |||
Superlative | is foraoisí |
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 | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
foraoiseach | fhoraoiseach | bhforaoiseach |
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) “foraoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “forested”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “timbered”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024