faitcheach

Irish

Adjective

faitcheach (genitive singular masculine faitchigh, genitive singular feminine faitchí, plural faitcheacha, comparative faitchí)

1. Alternative form of faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)

Declension

Declension of faitcheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	faitcheach	fhaitcheach	faitcheacha; fhaitcheacha²
Vocative	fhaitchigh		faitcheacha
Genitive		faitchí	faitcheacha	faitcheach
Dative	faitcheach; fhaitcheach¹	fhaitcheach; fhaitchigh (archaic)	faitcheacha; fhaitcheacha²
Comparative	níos faitchí
Superlative	is faitchí

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
faitcheach	fhaitcheach	bhfaitcheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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