fo-oifigeach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ oifigeach (“officer; official”).

Noun

fo-oifigeach m (genitive singular fo-oifigigh, nominative plural fo-oifigigh)

1. subordinate officer, subaltern
2. subordinate official

Declension

Declension of fo-oifigeach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fo-oifigeach fo-oifigigh vocative a fho-oifigigh a fho-oifigeacha genitive fo-oifigigh fo-oifigeach dative fo-oifigeach fo-oifigigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fo-oifigeach na fo-oifigigh genitive an fho-oifigigh na bhfo-oifigeach dative leis an bhfo-oifigeach don fho-oifigeach leis na fo-oifigigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-oifigeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-oifigeach	fho-oifigeach	bhfo-oifigeach

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