feiceálach

Irish

Alternative forms

• faicealach, feisceanach

Etymology

feiceáil +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛcalˠa(x)/

Adjective

feiceálach (genitive singular masculine feiceálaigh, genitive singular feminine feiceálaí, plural feiceálacha, comparative feiceálaí)

1. conspicuous
2. remarkable
3. handsome

Declension

Declension of feiceálach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	feiceálach	fheiceálach	feiceálacha; fheiceálacha2
vocative	fheiceálaigh		feiceálacha
genitive		feiceálaí	feiceálacha	feiceálach
dative	feiceálach; fheiceálach1	fheiceálach; fheiceálaigh (archaic)	feiceálacha; fheiceálacha2
Comparative	níos feiceálaí
Superlative	is feiceálaí

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 feiceálach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feiceálach	fheiceálach	bhfeiceálach

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

Further reading

• “feiceálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiceálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN