fomheánach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fo- (“sub-”) + meánach (“mediant”).
Adjective
[edit]fomheánach (genitive singular masculine fomheánaigh, genitive singular feminine fomheánaí, plural fomheánacha, comparative fomheánaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fomheánach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fomheánach | fhomheánach | fomheánacha; fhomheánacha² | |
Vocative | fhomheánaigh | fomheánacha | ||
Genitive | fomheánaí | fomheánacha | fomheánach | |
Dative | fomheánach; fhomheánach¹ |
fhomheánach; fhomheánaigh (archaic) |
fomheánacha; fhomheánacha² | |
Comparative | níos fomheánaí | |||
Superlative | is fomheánaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
[edit]fomheánach m (genitive singular fomheánaigh, nominative plural fomheánaigh)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fomheánach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fomheánach | fhomheánach | bhfomheánach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fomheánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN