feiliúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• feileamhnach (obsolete)

Etymology

From feiliúint, feiliúna +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲɪˈlʲuːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛlʲuːnˠəx/

Adjective

feiliúnach (genitive singular masculine feiliúnaigh, genitive singular feminine feiliúnaí, plural feiliúnacha, comparative feiliúnaí)

1. suitable, appropriate, becoming

Declension

Declension of feiliúnach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	feiliúnach	fheiliúnach	feiliúnacha; fheiliúnacha2
vocative	fheiliúnaigh		feiliúnacha
genitive		feiliúnaí	feiliúnacha	feiliúnach
dative	feiliúnach; fheiliúnach1	fheiliúnach; fheiliúnaigh (archaic)	feiliúnacha; fheiliúnacha2
Comparative	níos feiliúnaí
Superlative	is feiliúnaí

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 feiliúnach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feiliúnach	fheiliúnach	bhfeiliúnach

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) “feiliúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN