fótamhothálach

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- +‎ mothálach.

Adjective

fótamhothálach (genitive singular masculine fótamhothálaigh, genitive singular feminine fótamhothálaí, plural fótamhothálacha, comparative fótamhothálaí)

1. photosensitive

Declension

Declension of fótamhothálach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fótamhothálach	fhótamhothálach	fótamhothálacha; fhótamhothálacha²
Vocative	fhótamhothálaigh		fótamhothálacha
Genitive		fótamhothálaí	fótamhothálacha	fótamhothálach
Dative	fótamhothálach; fhótamhothálach¹	fhótamhothálach; fhótamhothálaigh (archaic)	fótamhothálacha; fhótamhothálacha²
Comparative	níos fótamhothálaí
Superlative	is fótamhothálaí

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
fótamhothálach	fhótamhothálach	bhfótamhothálach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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