feidhmeannas
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Compare feidhm f (“function; use, service; work, office, duty; undertaking, task; attempt, effort; achievement, prowess; need”).
Noun
editfeidhmeannas m (genitive singular feidhmeannais)
Declension
editDeclension of feidhmeannas
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Related terms
edit- feidhmeannach (“functional; capable, efficient; forceful, strong”, adjective)
- feidhmeannach m (“functionary, official; executor, executive; agent, servant”)
Mutation
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
feidhmeannas | fheidhmeannas | bhfeidhmeannas |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feidhmeannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN