feadánach

Irish

Etymology

From feadán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

feadánach (genitive singular masculine feadánaigh, genitive singular feminine feadánaí, plural feadánacha, comparative feadánaí)

1. tubular
2. vascular

   Synonym: soithíoch

3. whistling, wheezing

Declension

Declension of feadánach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	feadánach	fheadánach	feadánacha; fheadánacha2
vocative	fheadánaigh		feadánacha
genitive		feadánaí	feadánacha	feadánach
dative	feadánach; fheadánach1	fheadánach; fheadánaigh (archaic)	feadánacha; fheadánacha2
Comparative	níos feadánaí
Superlative	is feadánaí

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

Related terms

• (whistling, wheezing) feadánacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of feadánach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feadánach	fheadánach	bhfeadánach

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) “feadánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feadánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “feadánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024