Ard-Fheis

Irish

Etymology

From ard- (“high, chief”) +‎ feis (“festival”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɑːɾˠd̪ˠ ˈɛɕ]

Noun

Ard-Fheis f (genitive singular Ard-Fheise, nominative plural Ard-Fheiseanna)

1. (politics) the annual national convention of an Irish political party

Declension

Declension of Ard-Fheis (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Ard-Fheis Ard-Fheiseanna vocative a Ard-Fheis a Ard-Fheiseanna genitive Ard-Fheise Ard-Fheiseanna dative Ard-Fheis Ard-Fheiseanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Ard-Fheis na hArd-Fheiseanna genitive na hArd-Fheise na nArd-Fheiseanna dative leis an Ard-Fheis don Ard-Fheis leis na hArd-Fheiseanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of Ard-Fheis

radical	eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
Ard-Fheis	nArd-Fheis	hArd-Fheis	not applicable

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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