fo-artach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From fo- (“sub-”) + Artach (“Arctic”).
Adjective edit
fo-artach (genitive singular masculine fo-artaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-artaí, plural fo-artacha, not comparable)
Declension edit
Declension of fo-artach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fo-artach | fho-artach | fo-artacha; fho-artacha² | |
| Vocative | fho-artaigh | fo-artacha | ||
| Genitive | fo-artaí | fo-artacha | fo-artach | |
| Dative | fo-artach; fho-artach¹ |
fho-artach; fho-artaigh (archaic) |
fo-artacha; fho-artacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fo-artaí | |||
| Superlative | is fo-artaí | |||
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-artach | fho-artach | bhfo-artach |
| 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-artach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “subarctic”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024