fo-alpach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ Alpach (“Alpine”).

Adjective

fo-alpach (genitive singular masculine fo-alpaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alpaí, plural fo-alpacha, comparative fo-alpaí)

1. subalpine

Declension

Declension of fo-alpach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fo-alpach	fho-alpach	fo-alpacha; fho-alpacha2
vocative	fho-alpaigh		fo-alpacha
genitive		fo-alpaí	fo-alpacha	fo-alpach
dative	fo-alpach; fho-alpach1	fho-alpach; fho-alpaigh (archaic)	fo-alpacha; fho-alpacha2
Comparative	níos fo-alpaí
Superlative	is fo-alpaí

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-alpach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-alpach	fho-alpach	bhfo-alpach

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