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foghéar

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Irish

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Etymology

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From fo- +‎ géar (sharp).

Adjective

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

  1. sharpish

Declension

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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

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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.