fálach

Irish

Etymology

From fál (“hedge, fence; wall, barrier; enclosure, field”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fálach (genitive singular masculine fálaigh, genitive singular feminine fálaí, plural fálacha, not comparable)

1. fenced, fence-like
2. barrier-like, protective

Declension

Declension of fálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fálach	fhálach	fálacha; fhálacha²
Vocative	fhálaigh		fálacha
Genitive		fálaí	fálacha	fálach
Dative	fálach; fhálach¹	fhálach; fhálaigh (archaic)	fálacha; fhálacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fálach	fhálach	bhfálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN