Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From feabhas (goodness; excellence; improvement; superiority) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

feabhasach (genitive singular masculine feabhasaich, comparative feabhasaiche)

  1. better, improved, ameliorated
  2. (grammar) superlative

Noun edit

feabhasach m (genitive singular feabhasaich, plural feabhasaich)

  1. (grammar) superlative
    Synonym: riochd feabhasach

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
feabhasach fheabhasach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feabhasach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN