foclach

Irish

Etymology

From focal (“word”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix). Compare Scottish Gaelic faclach.

Adjective

foclach (genitive singular masculine foclaigh, genitive singular feminine foclaí, plural foclacha, comparative foclaí)

1. wordy, verbose, garrulous

Declension

Declension of foclach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	foclach	fhoclach	foclacha; fhoclacha2
vocative	fhoclaigh		foclacha
genitive		foclaí	foclacha	foclach
dative	foclach; fhoclach1	fhoclach; fhoclaigh (archaic)	foclacha; fhoclacha2
Comparative	níos foclaí
Superlative	is foclaí

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

Derived terms

• foclachas m (“verbosity”)
• foclaíocht f (“wordiness, garrulity; wording”)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of foclach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foclach	fhoclach	bhfoclach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foclach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foclach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foclach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024