féitheach

Irish

Etymology

From féith (“sinew; muscle; rib; vein; soft seam in bogland; swampy strip; climbing, twining, plant; trailer, vine”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

féitheach (genitive singular masculine féithigh, genitive singular feminine féithí, plural féitheacha, comparative féithí)

1. sinewy, muscular

   Synonyms: féitheogach, féithláidir, lúitheach, reangach

2. venous, veined
3. (botany) ribbed
4. soft-seamed, swampy (of land)
5. covered with creepers, vines

Declension

Declension of féitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	féitheach	fhéitheach	féitheacha; fhéitheacha²
Vocative	fhéithigh		féitheacha
Genitive		féithí	féitheacha	féitheach
Dative	féitheach; fhéitheach¹	fhéitheach; fhéithigh (archaic)	féitheacha; fhéitheacha²
Comparative	níos féithí
Superlative	is féithí

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

Noun

féitheach m (genitive singular féithigh)

1. (collective) sinews
2. (botany) ribs; tracery
3. (collective) climbing plants, trailers, vines

Declension

Declension of féitheach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative féitheach Vocative a fhéithigh Genitive féithigh Dative féitheach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an féitheach Genitive an fhéithigh Dative leis an bhféitheach don fhéitheach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
féitheach	fhéitheach	bhféitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féitheach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “féitheach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024