freagrach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]freagrach (genitive singular masculine freagraigh, genitive singular feminine freagraí, plural freagracha, comparative freagraí)
- answerable, accountable, responsible [with as ‘for’]
Declension
[edit]Declension of freagrach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | freagrach | fhreagrach | freagracha; fhreagracha² | |
Vocative | fhreagraigh | freagracha | ||
Genitive | freagraí | freagracha | freagrach | |
Dative | freagrach; fhreagrach¹ |
fhreagrach; fhreagraigh (archaic) |
freagracha; fhreagracha² | |
Comparative | níos freagraí | |||
Superlative | is freagraí |
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 |
freagrach | fhreagrach | bhfreagrach |
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) “freagrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “freagrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “freagrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024