fìnealta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Irish fínealta; cf. Middle Irish fín- in Fínscothach, fair-flowered, Fin-shnechta, bright-snow, root svén; Greek @Gc@'noy, bright (Stokes for Middle Irish).

Adjective

fìnealta

1. debonair, elegant
2. delicate, fine, refined
3. handsome
4. sensitive

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case	Masculine singular	Feminine singular	Plural
Nominative	fìnealta	fhìnealta	fìnealta
Vocative	fhìnealta	fhìnealta	fhìnealta
Genitive	fhìnealta	fhìnealta	fìnealta
Dative	fìnealta	fìnealta	fìnealta

Comparative/superlative: fhìnealta

Derived terms

• fìnealtachd
• fìnealtas