féasógach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fésócach (compare Manx faasaagagh, Scottish Gaelic feusagach). By surface analysis, féasóg (“beard”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]féasógach (genitive singular masculine féasógaigh, genitive singular feminine féasógaí, plural féasógacha, comparative féasógaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | féasógach | fhéasógach | féasógacha; fhéasógacha2 | |
| vocative | fhéasógaigh | féasógacha | ||
| genitive | féasógaí | féasógacha | féasógach | |
| dative | féasógach; fhéasógach1 |
fhéasógach; fhéasógaigh (archaic) |
féasógacha; fhéasógacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos féasógaí | |||
| Superlative | is féasógaí | |||
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]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| féasógach | fhéasógach | bhféasógach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féasógach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésócach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féasógach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féasógach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025