féithchiúin
Irish
editEtymology
editAdjective
editféithchiúin (genitive singular masculine féithchiúin, genitive singular feminine féithchiúine, plural féithchiúine, comparative féithchiúine)
Declension
editDeclension of féithchiúin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | féithchiúin | fhéithchiúin | féithchiúine; fhéithchiúine² | |
Vocative | fhéithchiúin | féithchiúine | ||
Genitive | féithchiúine | féithchiúine | féithchiúin | |
Dative | féithchiúin; fhéithchiúin¹ |
fhéithchiúin | féithchiúine; fhéithchiúine² | |
Comparative | níos féithchiúine | |||
Superlative | is féithchiúine |
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 |
féithchiúin | fhéithchiúin | bhféithchiúin |
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) “féithchiúin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féithchiúin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm