fairsingiúil
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfairsingiúil (genitive singular feminine fairsingiúla, plural fairsingiúla, comparative fairsingiúla)
Declension
editDeclension of fairsingiúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fairsingiúil | fhairsingiúil | fairsingiúla; fhairsingiúla² | |
Vocative | fhairsingiúil | fairsingiúla | ||
Genitive | fairsingiúla | fairsingiúla | fairsingiúil | |
Dative | fairsingiúil; fhairsingiúil¹ |
fhairsingiúil | fairsingiúla; fhairsingiúla² | |
Comparative | níos fairsingiúla | |||
Superlative | is fairsingiúla |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fairsingiúil | fhairsingiúil | bhfairsingiúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fairsneaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 92