féinchothabhálach

Irish

Etymology

From féin- (“self-”) +‎ cothabhálach (“sustaining, nourishing”).

Adjective

féinchothabhálach (genitive singular masculine féinchothabhálaigh, genitive singular feminine féinchothabhálaí, plural féinchothabhálacha, comparative féinchothabhálaí)

1. self-sustaining, self-sustained

   Synonym: féinchothaithe

Declension

Declension of féinchothabhálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	féinchothabhálach	fhéinchothabhálach	féinchothabhálacha; fhéinchothabhálacha2
vocative	fhéinchothabhálaigh		féinchothabhálacha
genitive		féinchothabhálaí	féinchothabhálacha	féinchothabhálach
dative	féinchothabhálach; fhéinchothabhálach1	fhéinchothabhálach; fhéinchothabhálaigh (archaic)	féinchothabhálacha; fhéinchothabhálacha2
Comparative	níos féinchothabhálaí
Superlative	is féinchothabhálaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of féinchothabhálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
féinchothabhálach	fhéinchothabhálach	bhféinchothabhálach

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

Further reading

• “féinchothabhálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025