fo-alcaileach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From fo- (“sub-”) + alcaileach (“alkali”).
Adjective edit
fo-alcaileach (genitive singular masculine fo-alcailigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alcailí, plural fo-alcaileacha, comparative fo-alcailí)
Declension edit
Declension of fo-alcaileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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