foighneach

Irish

Alternative forms

• foidhneach, foidneach, foighdeach, foighdineach, foighideach, foighidheach, foighidneach

Etymology

From foighne (“patience”) +‎ -each (adjectival suffix); compare Old Irish foditnech (the source of Scottish Gaelic foighidneach, a spelling also found in Irish).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠəinʲəx/

Adjective

foighneach (genitive singular masculine foighnigh, genitive singular feminine foighní, plural feargacha, comparative foighní)

1. patient

   Antonym: mífhoighneach

Declension

Declension of foighneach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	foighneach	fhoighneach	foighneacha; fhoighneacha2
vocative	fhoighnigh		foighneacha
genitive		foighní	foighneacha	foighneach
dative	foighneach; fhoighneach1	fhoighneach; fhoighnigh (archaic)	foighneacha; fhoighneacha2
Comparative	níos foighní
Superlative	is foighní

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

• mífhoighneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of foighneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foighneach	fhoighneach	bhfoighneach

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foditnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foiġdeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 324
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foighneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foighneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foighneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025