fosfáiteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fosfáit (“phosphate”) + -each.
Adjective
[edit]fosfáiteach (genitive singular masculine fosfáitigh, genitive singular feminine fosfáití, plural fosfáiteacha, comparative fosfáití)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fosfáiteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fosfáiteach | fhosfáiteach | fosfáiteacha; fhosfáiteacha² | |
Vocative | fhosfáitigh | fosfáiteacha | ||
Genitive | fosfáití | fosfáiteacha | fosfáiteach | |
Dative | fosfáiteach; fhosfáiteach¹ |
fhosfáiteach; fhosfáitigh (archaic) |
fosfáiteacha; fhosfáiteacha² | |
Comparative | níos fosfáití | |||
Superlative | is fosfáití |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fosfáiteach | fhosfáiteach | bhfosfáiteach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fosfáiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN