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fo-artach

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Irish

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Etymology

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From fo- (sub-) +‎ Artach (Arctic).

Adjective

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fo-artach (genitive singular masculine fo-artaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-artaí, plural fo-artacha, not comparable)

  1. (geography) subarctic

Declension

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Declension of fo-artach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fo-artach fho-artach fo-artacha;
fho-artacha2
vocative fho-artaigh fo-artacha
genitive fo-artaí fo-artacha fo-artach
dative fo-artach;
fho-artach1
fho-artach;
fho-artaigh (archaic)
fo-artacha;
fho-artacha2
Comparative níos fo-artaí
Superlative is fo-artaí

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fo-artach
radical lenition eclipsis
fo-artach fho-artach bhfo-artach

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

Further reading

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