fo-alcaileach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ alcaileach (“alkali”).

Adjective

fo-alcaileach (genitive singular masculine fo-alcailigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alcailí, plural fo-alcaileacha, comparative fo-alcailí)

1. (geology) subalkalic

Declension

Declension of fo-alcaileach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	fo-alcaileach	fho-alcaileach	fo-alcaileacha; fho-alcaileacha2
vocative	fho-alcailigh		fo-alcaileacha
genitive		fo-alcailí	fo-alcaileacha	fo-alcaileach
dative	fo-alcaileach; fho-alcaileach1	fho-alcaileach; fho-alcailigh (archaic)	fo-alcaileacha; fho-alcaileacha2
Comparative	níos fo-alcailí
Superlative	is fo-alcailí

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 fo-alcaileach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-alcaileach	fho-alcaileach	bhfo-alcaileach

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) “fo-alcaileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “sub-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025