foléimneach

Irish

Etymology

From foléim (“upward bound; light leap, skip, caper”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

foléimneach (genitive singular masculine foléimnigh, genitive singular feminine foléimní, plural foléimneacha, comparative foléimní)

1. bounding, frisky, frolicsome

Declension

Declension of foléimneach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	foléimneach	fholéimneach	foléimneacha; fholéimneacha2
vocative	fholéimnigh		foléimneacha
genitive		foléimní	strong noun	weak noun
			foléimneacha	foléimneach
dative	foléimneach; fholéimneach1	fholéimneach; fholéimnigh (archaic)	foléimneacha; fholéimneacha2
Comparative	níos foléimní
Superlative	is foléimní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

foléimneach f (genitive singular foléimní)

1. (act of) bounding, leaping, capering, frisking

Declension

Declension of foléimneach (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative foléimneach vocative a fholéimneach genitive foléimní dative foléimneach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fholéimneach genitive na foléimní dative leis an bhfoléimneach don fholéimneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of foléimneach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foléimneach	fholéimneach	bhfoléimneach

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) “foléimneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN