fótaigineach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fótaigineach (genitive singular masculine fótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine fótaiginí, plural fótaigineacha, comparative fótaiginí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fótaigineach | fhótaigineach | fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha2 | |
vocative | fhótaiginigh | fótaigineacha | ||
genitive | fótaiginí | 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
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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
[edit]- 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, 2013-2024