fíniúnach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
- fíneamhnach (obsolete)
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish fínemnach (“pertaining to a vine”), from fínemain (from Latin vīndēmia). By surface analysis, fíniúin (“(grape-)vine; vineyard”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲiːˈnʲuːn̪ˠəx/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲuːnˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲunˠa(h)/
Adjective edit
fíniúnach (genitive singular masculine fíniúnaigh, genitive singular feminine fíniúnaí, plural fíniúnacha, comparative fíniúnaí)
Declension edit
Declension of fíniúnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fíniúnach | fhíniúnach | fíniúnacha; fhíniúnacha² | |
| Vocative | fhíniúnaigh | fíniúnacha | ||
| Genitive | fíniúnaí | fíniúnacha | fíniúnach | |
| Dative | fíniúnach; fhíniúnach¹ |
fhíniúnach; fhíniúnaigh (archaic) |
fíniúnacha; fhíniúnacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fíniúnaí | |||
| Superlative | is fíniúnaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fíniúnach | fhíniúnach | bhfíniúnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fínemnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fíneaṁnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 314
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíniúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN