foghrach
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foghrach (genitive singular masculine foghraigh, genitive singular feminine foghraí, plural foghracha, not comparable)
- (linguistics) phonic
- Synonym: fónach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | foghrach | fhoghrach | foghracha; fhoghracha2 | |
| vocative | fhoghraigh | foghracha | ||
| genitive | foghraí | foghracha | foghrach | |
| dative | foghrach; fhoghrach1 |
fhoghrach; fhoghraigh (archaic) |
foghracha; fhoghracha2 | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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]- dea-fhoghrach (“euphonic”)
Related terms
[edit]- foghraí (“phonetician”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| foghrach | fhoghrach | bhfoghrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foghrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foghrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “foghrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024