foirfeacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• foirfíocht

Etymology

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

Noun

foirfeacht f (genitive singular foirfeachta)

1. completeness, perfection

   Antonym: neamhfhoirfeacht

2. age, maturity; old age

Declension

Declension of foirfeacht (third declension, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative foirfeacht vocative a fhoirfeacht genitive foirfeachta dative foirfeacht forms with the definite article singular nominative an fhoirfeacht genitive na foirfeachta dative leis an bhfoirfeacht don fhoirfeacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirfeacht

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foirfeacht	fhoirfeacht	bhfoirfeacht

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foirfeacht”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foirfeacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foirfeacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025