fo-mheánchiorclach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ meánchiorclach (“equatorial”).

Adjective

fo-mheánchiorclach (genitive singular masculine fo-mheánchiorclaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-mheánchiorclaí, plural fo-mheánchiorclacha)

1. subequatorial

Declension

Declension of fo-mheánchiorclach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fo-mheánchiorclach	fho-mheánchiorclach	fo-mheánchiorclacha; fho-mheánchiorclacha2
vocative	fho-mheánchiorclaigh		fo-mheánchiorclacha
genitive		fo-mheánchiorclaí	fo-mheánchiorclacha	fo-mheánchiorclach
dative	fo-mheánchiorclach; fho-mheánchiorclach1	fho-mheánchiorclach; fho-mheánchiorclaigh (archaic)	fo-mheánchiorclacha; fho-mheánchiorclacha2
Comparative	níos fo-mheánchiorclaí
Superlative	is fo-mheánchiorclaí

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-mheánchiorclach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-mheánchiorclach	fho-mheánchiorclach	bhfo-mheánchiorclach

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-mheánchiorclach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN