focheannasach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ ceannasach (“dominant”).

Adjective

focheannasach (genitive singular masculine focheannasaigh, genitive singular feminine focheannasaí, plural focheannasacha, not comparable)

1. (music) subdominant

Declension

Declension of focheannasach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	focheannasach	fhocheannasach	focheannasacha; fhocheannasacha2
vocative	fhocheannasaigh		focheannasacha
genitive		focheannasaí	strong noun	weak noun
			focheannasacha	focheannasach
dative	focheannasach; fhocheannasach1	fhocheannasach; fhocheannasaigh (archaic)	focheannasacha; fhocheannasacha2
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

focheannasach m (genitive singular focheannasaigh, nominative plural focheannasaigh)

1. (music) subdominant

Declension

Declension of focheannasach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative focheannasach focheannasaigh vocative a fhocheannasaigh a fhocheannasacha genitive focheannasaigh focheannasach dative focheannasach focheannasaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an focheannasach na focheannasaigh genitive an fhocheannasaigh na bhfocheannasach dative leis an bhfocheannasach don fhocheannasach leis na focheannasaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of focheannasach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
focheannasach	fhocheannasach	bhfocheannasach

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) “focheannasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “focheannasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm