fallásach

Irish

Alternative forms

• follásach

Etymology

From Middle Irish fallásach, from fallás (“fallacy”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fallásach (genitive singular masculine fallásaigh, genitive singular feminine fallásaí, plural fallásacha, comparative fallásaí)

1. fallacious

Declension

Declension of fallásach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fallásach	fhallásach	fallásacha; fhallásacha²
Vocative	fhallásaigh		fallásacha
Genitive		fallásaí	fallásacha	fallásach
Dative	fallásach; fhallásach¹	fhallásach; fhallásaigh (archaic)	fallásacha; fhallásacha²
Comparative	níos fallásaí
Superlative	is fallásaí

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

• fallásacht (“fallaciousness”)

Descendants

• →⇒ Yola: falsakeen

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fallásach	fhallásach	bhfallásach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fallásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fallásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fallásach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm