feiliúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

• feileamhnach (obsolete)

Etymology

From feiliúint, feiliúna +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fʲɪˈlʲuːn̪ˠəx/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɛlʲuːnˠəx/

Adjective

feiliúnach (genitive singular masculine feiliúnaigh, genitive singular feminine feiliúnaí, plural feiliúnacha, comparative feiliúnaí)

1. suitable, appropriate, becoming

Declension

Declension of feiliúnach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	feiliúnach	fheiliúnach	feiliúnacha; fheiliúnacha²
Vocative	fheiliúnaigh		feiliúnacha
Genitive		feiliúnaí	feiliúnacha	feiliúnach
Dative	feiliúnach; fheiliúnach¹	fheiliúnach; fheiliúnaigh (archaic)	feiliúnacha; fheiliúnacha²
Comparative	níos feiliúnaí
Superlative	is feiliúnaí

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
feiliúnach	fheiliúnach	bhfeiliúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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