foraoiseach

Irish

Etymology

From foraois (“forest”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)

1. forested, timbered

   Synonym: foraoisithe

Declension

Declension of foraoiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	foraoiseach	fhoraoiseach	foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha2
vocative	fhoraoisigh		foraoiseacha
genitive		foraoisí	foraoiseacha	foraoiseach
dative	foraoiseach; fhoraoiseach1	fhoraoiseach; fhoraoisigh (archaic)	foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha2
Comparative	níos foraoisí
Superlative	is foraoisí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of foraoiseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foraoiseach	fhoraoiseach	bhforaoiseach

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) “foraoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “forested”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “timbered”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024