freagrach
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]freagrach (genitive singular masculine freagraigh, genitive singular feminine freagraí, plural freagracha, comparative freagraí)
- answerable, accountable, responsible [with as ‘for’]
Declension
[edit]singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | freagrach | fhreagrach | freagracha; fhreagracha2 | |
vocative | fhreagraigh | freagracha | ||
genitive | freagraí | freagracha | freagrach | |
dative | freagrach; fhreagrach1 |
fhreagrach; fhreagraigh (archaic) |
freagracha; fhreagracha2 | |
Comparative | níos freagraí | |||
Superlative | is freagraí |
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]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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freagrach | fhreagrach | bhfreagrach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “freagrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “freagrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “freagrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024