fosfáiteach

Irish

Etymology

From fosfáit (“phosphate”) +‎ -each.

Adjective

fosfáiteach (genitive singular masculine fosfáitigh, genitive singular feminine fosfáití, plural fosfáiteacha, comparative fosfáití)

1. phosphatic

Declension

Declension of fosfáiteach

Positive	singular		plural
	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

Mutated forms of fosfáiteach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fosfáiteach	fhosfáiteach	bhfosfáiteach

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