fótatrópach

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- +‎ -trópach.

Adjective

fótatrópach (genitive singular masculine fótatrópaigh, genitive singular feminine fótatrópaí, plural fótatrópacha, comparative fótatrópaí)

1. (biology) phototropic

Declension

Declension of fótatrópach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fótatrópach	fhótatrópach	fótatrópacha; fhótatrópacha²
Vocative	fhótatrópaigh		fótatrópacha
Genitive		fótatrópaí	fótatrópacha	fótatrópach
Dative	fótatrópach; fhótatrópach¹	fhótatrópach; fhótatrópaigh (archaic)	fótatrópacha; fhótatrópacha²
Comparative	níos fótatrópaí
Superlative	is fótatrópaí

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

Derived terms

• fótatrópacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fótatrópach	fhótatrópach	bhfótatrópach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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