fadharcánach

Irish

Alternative forms

• adharcánach

Etymology

From fadharcán (“knot, protuberance, lump; corn; callosity”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fadharcánach (genitive singular masculine fadharcánaigh, genitive singular feminine fadharcánaí, plural fadharcánacha, comparative fadharcánaí)

1. knotted, gnarled (of wood)

   Synonym: cnapánach

2. callous (of skin)
3. lumpy, protuberant

   Synonym: cnapánach

Declension

Declension of fadharcánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fadharcánach	fhadharcánach	fadharcánacha; fhadharcánacha²
Vocative	fhadharcánaigh		fadharcánacha
Genitive		fadharcánaí	fadharcánacha	fadharcánach
Dative	fadharcánach; fhadharcánach¹	fhadharcánach; fhadharcánaigh (archaic)	fadharcánacha; fhadharcánacha²
Comparative	níos fadharcánaí
Superlative	is fadharcánaí

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
fadharcánach	fhadharcánach	bhfadharcánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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