foclach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From focal (“word”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). Compare Scottish Gaelic faclach.
Adjective
[edit]foclach (genitive singular masculine foclaigh, genitive singular feminine foclaí, plural foclacha, comparative foclaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of foclach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
[edit]- foclachas m (“verbosity”)
- foclaíocht f (“wordiness, garrulity; wording”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
foclach | fhoclach | bhfoclach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- 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