focalbháiteach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From focalbhá (“ellipsis”) + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]focalbháiteach (genitive singular masculine focalbháitigh, genitive singular feminine focalbháití, plural focalbháiteacha, comparative focalbháití)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | focalbháiteach | fhocalbháiteach | focalbháiteacha; fhocalbháiteacha2 | |
| vocative | fhocalbháitigh | focalbháiteacha | ||
| genitive | focalbháití | focalbháiteacha | focalbháiteach | |
| dative | focalbháiteach; fhocalbháiteach1 |
fhocalbháiteach; fhocalbháitigh (archaic) |
focalbháiteacha; fhocalbháiteacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos focalbháití | |||
| Superlative | is focalbháití | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| focalbháiteach | fhocalbháiteach | bhfocalbháiteach |
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) “focalbháiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “focalbháiteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm