fóirsteanach

Irish

(Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔːɾˠsˠtʲənʲa(x)/^[2] (corresponding to the form fóirstineach)

fóirsteanach (genitive singular masculine fóirsteanaigh, genitive singular feminine fóirsteanaí, plural fóirsteanacha, comparative fóirsteanaí)

Declension of *fóirsteanach*
	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fóirsteanach	fhóirsteanach	fóirsteanacha; fhóirsteanacha²
vocative	fhóirsteanaigh	fhóirsteanach	fóirsteanacha
genitive	fhóirsteanaigh	fóirsteanaí	fóirsteanacha	fóirsteanach
dative	fóirsteanach; fhóirsteanach¹	fhóirsteanach; fhóirsteanaigh (archaic)	fóirsteanacha; fhóirsteanacha²
Comparative	níos fóirsteanaí
Superlative	is fóirsteanaí

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

Mutated forms of *fóirsteanach*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
fóirsteanach	fhóirsteanach	bhfóirsteanach

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

^ “fóirsteanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98