sofheicseanach

Irish

Etymology

Blend of sofheicthe +‎ feicseanach.

Adjective

sofheicseanach (genitive singular masculine sofheicseanaigh, genitive singular feminine sofheicseanaí, plural sofheicseanacha, comparative sofheicseanaí)

1. Alternative form of sofheicthe (“visible; manifest, obvious”)

Declension

Declension of sofheicseanach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	sofheicseanach	shofheicseanach	sofheicseanacha; shofheicseanacha2
vocative	shofheicseanaigh		sofheicseanacha
genitive		sofheicseanaí	sofheicseanacha	sofheicseanach
dative	sofheicseanach; shofheicseanach1	shofheicseanach; shofheicseanaigh (archaic)	sofheicseanacha; shofheicseanacha2
Comparative	níos sofheicseanaí
Superlative	is sofheicseanaí

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 sofheicseanach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
sofheicseanach	shofheicseanach after an, tsofheicseanach	not applicable

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