fuaimdhíonach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fuaim (“sound”) + díonach (“impermeable, proof”).
Adjective
[edit]fuaimdhíonach (genitive singular masculine fuaimdhíonaigh, genitive singular feminine fuaimdhíonaí, plural fuaimdhíonacha, comparative fuaimdhíonaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fuaimdhíonach | fhuaimdhíonach | fuaimdhíonacha; fhuaimdhíonacha2 | |
| vocative | fhuaimdhíonaigh | fuaimdhíonacha | ||
| genitive | fuaimdhíonaí | fuaimdhíonacha | fuaimdhíonach | |
| dative | fuaimdhíonach; fhuaimdhíonach1 |
fhuaimdhíonach; fhuaimdhíonaigh (archaic) |
fuaimdhíonacha; fhuaimdhíonacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos fuaimdhíonaí | |||
| Superlative | is fuaimdhíonaí | |||
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 |
|---|---|---|
| fuaimdhíonach | fhuaimdhíonach | bhfuaimdhíonach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaimdhíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “soundproof”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuaimdhíonach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm