fócasach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fócas (“focus”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fócasach (genitive singular masculine fócasaigh, genitive singular feminine fócasaí, plural fócasacha, not comparable)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fócasach | fhócasach | fócasacha; fhócasacha2 | |
| vocative | fhócasaigh | fócasacha | ||
| genitive | fócasaí | fócasacha | fócasach | |
| dative | fócasach; fhócasach1 |
fhócasach; fhócasaigh (archaic) |
fócasacha; fhócasacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos fócasaí | |||
| Superlative | is fócasaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]- fad fócasach (“focal length”)
- pointe fócasach (“focal point”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fócasach | fhócasach | bhfócasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fócasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “focal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024