fungasach
Irish
Etymology
From fungas (“fungus”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fungasach (genitive singular masculine fungasaigh, genitive singular feminine fungasaí, plural fungasacha, comparative fungasaí)
Declension
Declension of fungasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fungasach | fhungasach | fungasacha; fhungasacha² | |
| Vocative | fhungasaigh | fungasacha | ||
| Genitive | fungasaí | fungasacha | fungasach | |
| Dative | fungasach; fhungasach¹ |
fhungasach; fhungasaigh (archaic) |
fungasacha; fhungasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fungasaí | |||
| Superlative | is fungasaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fungasach | fhungasach | bhfungasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fungasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fungasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fungasach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024