fo-thairseachúil

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ tairseach (“threshold”) +‎ -úil (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fo-thairseachúil (genitive singular masculine fo-thairseachúil, genitive singular feminine fo-thairseachúla, plural fo-thairseachúla, comparative fo-thairseachúla)

1. subliminal

Declension

Declension of fo-thairseachúil

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine	strong noun	weak noun
nominative	fo-thairseachúil	fho-thairseachúil	fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla2
vocative	fho-thairseachúil		fo-thairseachúla
genitive		fo-thairseachúla	fo-thairseachúla	fo-thairseachúil
dative	fo-thairseachúil; fho-thairseachúil1	fho-thairseachúil	fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla2
Comparative	níos fo-thairseachúla
Superlative	is fo-thairseachúla

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-thairseachúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-thairseachúil	fho-thairseachúil	bhfo-thairseachúil

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-thairseachúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “subliminal”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025