fophéinteáil

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ péinteáil (“painting”).

Noun

fophéinteáil f (genitive singular fophéinteála)

1. (painting) underpainting

Declension

Declension of fophéinteáil (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fophéinteáil vocative a fhophéinteáil genitive fophéinteála dative fophéinteáil forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhophéinteáil genitive na fophéinteála dative leis an bhfophéinteáil don fhophéinteáil

Mutation

Mutated forms of fophéinteáil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fophéinteáil	fhophéinteáil	bhfophéinteáil

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

Further reading

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