foirfeach

Irish

Etymology

From foirfe (“complete, perfect; aged, mature”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

foirfeach m (genitive singular foirfigh, nominative plural foirfigh)

1. aged, mature person; elder

Declension

Declension of foirfeach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative foirfeach foirfigh vocative a fhoirfigh a fhoirfeacha genitive foirfigh foirfeach dative foirfeach foirfigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an foirfeach na foirfigh genitive an fhoirfigh na bhfoirfeach dative leis an bhfoirfeach don fhoirfeach leis na foirfigh

Related terms

• foirfeacht (“completeness, perfection; age, maturity; old age”)
• foirfigh (“to complete, perfect; to age, mature”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirfeach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foirfeach	fhoirfeach	bhfoirfeach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

foirfeach m (genitive singular foirfich, plural foirfich)

1. elder

   Synonym: èildear

Mutation

Mutation of foirfeach

radical	lenition
foirfeach	fhoirfeach

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