féitheogach

Irish

Etymology

From féitheog (“(small) sinew; muscle”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

féitheogach (genitive singular masculine féitheogaigh, genitive singular feminine féitheogaí, plural féitheogacha, comparative féitheogaí)

1. sinewy; muscular, brawny

   Synonyms: féitheach, féithláidir, lúitheach, reangach

Declension

Declension of féitheogach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	féitheogach	fhéitheogach	féitheogacha; fhéitheogacha²
Vocative	fhéitheogaigh		féitheogacha
Genitive		féitheogaí	féitheogacha	féitheogach
Dative	féitheogach; fhéitheogach¹	fhéitheogach; fhéitheogaigh (archaic)	féitheogacha; fhéitheogacha²
Comparative	níos féitheogaí
Superlative	is féitheogaí

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
féitheogach	fhéitheogach	bhféitheogach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

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