fo-fhathach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ fathach.

Noun

fo-fhathach m (genitive singular fo-fathaigh, nominative plural fo-fathaigh)

1. (astronomy) subgiant

Declension

Declension of fo-fathach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fo-fathach fo-fathaigh vocative a fho-fathaigh a fho-fathacha genitive fo-fathaigh fo-fathach dative fo-fathach fo-fathaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fo-fathach na fo-fathaigh genitive an fho-fathaigh na bhfo-fathach dative leis an bhfo-fathach don fho-fathach leis na fo-fathaigh

See also

• fathach
• fathach dearg
• fathach gorm

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-fhathach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-fhathach	fho-fhathach	bhfo-fhathach

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-fhathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fo-fhathach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fo-fhathach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024