foclachas

Irish

Etymology

From foclach +‎ -as.

Noun

foclachas m (genitive singular foclachais)

1. verbosity, verbiage, wordiness

Declension

Declension of foclachas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative foclachas Vocative a fhoclachais Genitive foclachais Dative foclachas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an foclachas Genitive an fhoclachais Dative leis an bhfoclachas don fhoclachas

Related terms

• foclaíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foclachas	fhoclachas	bhfoclachas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foclachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “foclachas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “foclachas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.