féitheach

Irish

Etymology

From féith (“sinew; muscle; rib; vein; soft seam in bogland; swampy strip; climbing, twining, plant; trailer, vine”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

féitheach (genitive singular masculine féithigh, genitive singular feminine féithí, plural féitheacha, comparative féithí)

1. sinewy, muscular

   Synonyms: féitheogach, féithláidir, lúitheach, reangach

2. venous, veined
3. (botany) ribbed
4. soft-seamed, swampy (of land)
5. covered with creepers, vines

Declension

Declension of féitheach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	féitheach	fhéitheach	féitheacha; fhéitheacha2
vocative	fhéithigh		féitheacha
genitive		féithí	féitheacha	féitheach
dative	féitheach; fhéitheach1	fhéitheach; fhéithigh (archaic)	féitheacha; fhéitheacha2
Comparative	níos féithí
Superlative	is féithí

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

Noun

féitheach m (genitive singular féithigh)

1. (collective) sinews
2. (botany) ribs; tracery
3. (collective) climbing plants, trailers, vines

Declension

Declension of féitheach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative féitheach vocative a fhéithigh genitive féithigh dative féitheach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an féitheach genitive an fhéithigh dative leis an bhféitheach don fhéitheach

Mutation

Mutated forms of féitheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
féitheach	fhéitheach	bhféitheach

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

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féitheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “féitheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024