fadálach

See also: fadalach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fad-dálach, fad-dhálach (obsolete)

Etymology

fadáil +‎ -ach; compare Scottish Gaelic fadalach

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠəˈd̪ˠɑːl̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠɑːlˠəx/, /ˈfˠad̪ˠɑːl̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠalˠa(x)/, /ˈfˠad̪ˠal̪ˠa(x)/

Adjective

fadálach (genitive singular masculine fadálaigh, genitive singular feminine fadálaí, plural fadálacha, comparative fadálaí)

1. slow
2. lingering
3. tedious

Declension

Declension of fadálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fadálach	fhadálach	fadálacha; fhadálacha²
Vocative	fhadálaigh		fadálacha
Genitive		fadálaí	fadálacha	fadálach
Dative	fadálach; fhadálach¹	fhadálach; fhadálaigh (archaic)	fadálacha; fhadálacha²
Comparative	níos fadálaí
Superlative	is fadálaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fadálach	fhadálach	bhfadálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fadálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faddálach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fadálach”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 290
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN