feadánach

Irish

Etymology

From feadán +‎ -ach.

Adjective

feadánach (genitive singular masculine feadánaigh, genitive singular feminine feadánaí, plural feadánacha, comparative feadánaí)

1. tubular
2. vascular

   Synonym: soithíoch

3. whistling, wheezing

Declension

Declension of feadánach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	feadánach	fheadánach	feadánacha; fheadánacha²
Vocative	fheadánaigh		feadánacha
Genitive		feadánaí	feadánacha	feadánach
Dative	feadánach; fheadánach¹	fheadánach; fheadánaigh (archaic)	feadánacha; fheadánacha²
Comparative	níos feadánaí
Superlative	is feadánaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Related terms

• (whistling, wheezing) feadánacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feadánach	fheadánach	bhfeadánach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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