feighlíoch

Irish

Etymology

From feighlí +‎ -ach.

Adjective

feighlíoch (genitive singular masculine feighlíoch, genitive singular feminine feighlíche, plural feighlíocha, comparative feighlíche)

1. vigilant, watchful

Declension

Declension of feighlíoch

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	feighlíoch	fheighlíoch	feighlíocha; fheighlíocha²
Vocative	fheighlíoch		feighlíocha
Genitive		feighlíche	feighlíocha	feighlíoch
Dative	feighlíoch; fheighlíoch¹	fheighlíoch	feighlíocha; fheighlíocha²
Comparative	níos feighlíche
Superlative	is feighlíche

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

• feighlíocht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feighlíoch	fheighlíoch	bhfeighlíoch
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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