fótaigineach

Irish

Etymology

From fótai- +‎ -gineach.

Adjective

fótaigineach (genitive singular masculine fótaiginigh, genitive singular feminine fótaiginí, plural fótaigineacha, comparative fótaiginí)

1. photogenic

Declension

Declension of fótaigineach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fótaigineach	fhótaigineach	fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha²
Vocative	fhótaiginigh		fótaigineacha
Genitive		fótaiginí	fótaigineacha	fótaigineach
Dative	fótaigineach; fhótaigineach¹	fhótaigineach; fhótaiginigh (archaic)	fótaigineacha; fhótaigineacha²
Comparative	níos fótaiginí
Superlative	is fótaiginí

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
fótaigineach	fhótaigineach	bhfótaigineach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fótaigineach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fótaigineach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fótaigineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024