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

Positive	singular		plural
	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.