fótagrafach

Irish

Etymology

From fótagraf (“photograph”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fótagrafach (genitive singular masculine fótagrafaigh, genitive singular feminine fótagrafaí, plural fótagrafacha, comparative fótagrafaí)

1. photographic

Declension

Declension of fótagrafach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fótagrafach	fhótagrafach	fótagrafacha; fhótagrafacha²
Vocative	fhótagrafaigh		fótagrafacha
Genitive		fótagrafaí	fótagrafacha	fótagrafach
Dative	fótagrafach; fhótagrafach¹	fhótagrafach; fhótagrafaigh (archaic)	fótagrafacha; fhótagrafacha²
Comparative	níos fótagrafaí
Superlative	is fótagrafaí

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

Related terms

• fótagrafaíocht f (“photography”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fótagrafach	fhótagrafach	bhfótagrafach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

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