fótaigineach

Irish

Etymology

From fótai- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

fótaigineach (genitive singular masculine fótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine fótaiginí, plural fótaigineacha, comparative fótaiginí)

1. photogenic

Declension

Declension of fótaigineach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	fótaigineach	fhótaigineach	fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha2
vocative	fhótaiginigh		fótaigineacha
genitive		fótaiginí	strong noun	weak noun
			fótaigineacha	fótaigineach
dative	fótaigineach; fhótaigineach1	fhótaigineach; fhótaiginigh (archaic)	fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha2
Comparative	níos fótaiginí
Superlative	is fótaiginí

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 fótaigineach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fótaigineach	fhótaigineach	bhfótaigineach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fótaigineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fótaigineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fótaigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025