faitcheach
Irish edit
Adjective edit
faitcheach (genitive singular masculine faitchigh, genitive singular feminine faitchí, plural faitcheacha, comparative faitchí)
- Alternative form of faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)
Declension edit
Declension of faitcheach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | faitcheach | fhaitcheach | faitcheacha; fhaitcheacha² | |
| Vocative | fhaitchigh | faitcheacha | ||
| Genitive | faitchí | faitcheacha | faitcheach | |
| Dative | faitcheach; fhaitcheach¹ |
fhaitcheach; fhaitchigh (archaic) |
faitcheacha; fhaitcheacha² | |
| Comparative | níos faitchí | |||
| Superlative | is faitchí | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faitcheach | fhaitcheach | bhfaitcheach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN