fo-bhailteach

Irish

Etymology

From fo-bhailte (“suburbs; sub-townlands”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fo-bhailteach (genitive singular masculine fo-bhailtigh, genitive singular feminine fo-bhailtí, plural fo-bhailteacha, comparative fo-bhailtí)

1. suburban

   Synonyms: bruachbhailteach, fo-uirbeach

Declension

Declension of fo-bhailteach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fo-bhailteach	fho-bhailteach	fo-bhailteacha; fho-bhailteacha2
vocative	fho-bhailtigh		fo-bhailteacha
genitive		fo-bhailtí	fo-bhailteacha	fo-bhailteach
dative	fo-bhailteach; fho-bhailteach1	fho-bhailteach; fho-bhailtigh (archaic)	fo-bhailteacha; fho-bhailteacha2
Comparative	níos fo-bhailtí
Superlative	is fo-bhailtí

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

Noun

fo-bhailteach m (genitive singular fo-bhailtigh, nominative plural fo-bhailtigh)

1. suburbanite

   Synonym: bruachbhailteach

Declension

Declension of fo-bhailteach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fo-bhailteach fo-bhailtigh vocative a fho-bhailtigh a fho-bhailteacha genitive fo-bhailtigh fo-bhailteach dative fo-bhailteach fo-bhailtigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fo-bhailteach na fo-bhailtigh genitive an fho-bhailtigh na bhfo-bhailteach dative leis an bhfo-bhailteach don fho-bhailteach leis na fo-bhailtigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-bhailteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-bhailteach	fho-bhailteach	bhfo-bhailteach

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-bhailteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fo-bhailteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm