faghartha
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
faghartha
- tempered (of metal)
- fiery, mettlesome (of person)
- glinting (of eyes)
- Synonym: fagharthach
Declension edit
Declension of faghartha
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | faghartha | fhaghartha | faghartha; fhaghartha² | |
| Vocative | fhaghartha | faghartha | ||
| Genitive | faghartha | faghartha | faghartha | |
| Dative | faghartha; fhaghartha¹ |
fhaghartha | faghartha; fhaghartha² | |
| Comparative | níos faghartha | |||
| Superlative | is faghartha | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun edit
faghartha f sg
- genitive singular of faghairt (“temper; fire, fervour; mettle, spirit; (glint of) anger; tempered blade; sharp edge”)
Verb edit
faghartha
- past participle of faghair (“fire, heat; temper; fire, incite, stimulate; put on one’s mettle”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faghartha | fhaghartha | bhfaghartha |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faghartha”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading edit
- Entries containing “faghartha” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “faghartha” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.