fo-chomhfhiosach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fo-chomhfhios (“subconscious, subconsciousness”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]fo-chomhfhiosach (genitive singular masculine fo-chomhfhiosaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-chomhfhiosaí, plural fo-chomhfhiosacha, comparative fo-chomhfhiosaí)
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fo-chomhfhiosach | fho-chomhfhiosach | fo-chomhfhiosacha; fho-chomhfhiosacha2 | |
vocative | fho-chomhfhiosaigh | fo-chomhfhiosacha | ||
genitive | fo-chomhfhiosaí | fo-chomhfhiosacha | fo-chomhfhiosach | |
dative | fo-chomhfhiosach; fho-chomhfhiosach1 |
fho-chomhfhiosach; fho-chomhfhiosaigh (archaic) |
fo-chomhfhiosacha; fho-chomhfhiosacha2 | |
Comparative | níos fo-chomhfhiosaí | |||
Superlative | is fo-chomhfhiosaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fo-chomhfhiosach | fho-chomhfhiosach | bhfo-chomhfhiosach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-chomhfhiosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “subconscious”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024