foghéar

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ géar (“sharp”).

Adjective

foghéar (genitive singular masculine foghéir, genitive singular feminine foghéire, plural foghéara, not comparable)

1. sharpish

Declension

Declension of foghéar

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	foghéar	fhoghéar	foghéara; fhoghéara2
vocative	fhoghéir		foghéara
genitive		foghéire	foghéara	foghéar
dative	foghéar; fhoghéar1	fhoghéar; fhoghéir (archaic)	foghéara; fhoghéara2
Comparative	níos foghéire
Superlative	is foghéire

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 foghéar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foghéar	fhoghéar	bhfoghéar

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