fálach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom fál (“hedge, fence; wall, barrier; enclosure, field”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editfálach (genitive singular masculine fálaigh, genitive singular feminine fálaí, plural fálacha, not comparable)
Declension
editDeclension of fálach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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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
editIrish mutation | ||
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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
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN