fo-alcaileach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom fo- (“sub-”) + alcaileach (“alkali”).
Adjective
editfo-alcaileach (genitive singular masculine fo-alcailigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alcailí, plural fo-alcaileacha, comparative fo-alcailí)
Declension
editDeclension of fo-alcaileach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fo-alcaileach | fho-alcaileach | fo-alcaileacha; fho-alcaileacha² | |
Vocative | fho-alcailigh | fo-alcaileacha | ||
Genitive | fo-alcailí | fo-alcaileacha | fo-alcaileach | |
Dative | fo-alcaileach; fho-alcaileach¹ |
fho-alcaileach; fho-alcailigh (archaic) |
fo-alcaileacha; fho-alcaileacha² | |
Comparative | níos fo-alcailí | |||
Superlative | is fo-alcailí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fo-alcaileach | fho-alcaileach | bhfo-alcaileach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-alcaileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “sub-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024