fótamhothálach

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- +‎ mothálach.

Adjective

fótamhothálach (genitive singular masculine fótamhothálaigh, genitive singular feminine fótamhothálaí, plural fótamhothálacha, comparative fótamhothálaí)

1. photosensitive

Declension

Declension of fótamhothálach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	fótamhothálach	fhótamhothálach	fótamhothálacha; fhótamhothálacha2
vocative	fhótamhothálaigh		fótamhothálacha
genitive		fótamhothálaí	strong noun	weak noun
			fótamhothálacha	fótamhothálach
dative	fótamhothálach; fhótamhothálach1	fhótamhothálach; fhótamhothálaigh (archaic)	fótamhothálacha; fhótamhothálacha2
Comparative	níos fótamhothálaí
Superlative	is fótamhothálaí

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 fótamhothálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fótamhothálach	fhótamhothálach	bhfótamhothálach

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) “fótamhothálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fótamhothálach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025