falsach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fallsach (obsolete)

Etymology

From falsa +‎ -ach

Adjective

falsach (genitive singular masculine falsaigh, genitive singular feminine falsaí, plural falsacha, comparative falsaí)

1. Alternative form of falsa (“false; lazy”)

Declension

Declension of falsach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	falsach	fhalsach	falsacha; fhalsacha2
vocative	fhalsaigh		falsacha
genitive		falsaí	falsacha	falsach
dative	falsach; fhalsach1	fhalsach; fhalsaigh (archaic)	falsacha; fhalsacha2
Comparative	níos falsaí
Superlative	is falsaí

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 falsach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
falsach	fhalsach	bhfalsach

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fallsaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 296
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “falsach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN