fo-bhailteach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom fo-bhailte (“suburbs; sub-townlands”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
editfo-bhailteach (genitive singular masculine fo-bhailtigh, genitive singular feminine fo-bhailtí, plural fo-bhailteacha, comparative fo-bhailtí)
- suburban
- Synonyms: bruachbhailteach, fo-uirbeach
Declension
editDeclension of fo-bhailteach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fo-bhailteach | fho-bhailteach | fo-bhailteacha; fho-bhailteacha² | |
Vocative | fho-bhailtigh | fo-bhailteacha | ||
Genitive | fo-bhailtí | fo-bhailteacha | fo-bhailteach | |
Dative | fo-bhailteach; fho-bhailteach¹ |
fho-bhailteach; fho-bhailtigh (archaic) |
fo-bhailteacha; fho-bhailteacha² | |
Comparative | níos fo-bhailtí | |||
Superlative | is fo-bhailtí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
editfo-bhailteach m (genitive singular fo-bhailtigh, nominative plural fo-bhailtigh)
- suburbanite
- Synonym: bruachbhailteach
Declension
editDeclension of fo-bhailteach
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fo-bhailteach | fho-bhailteach | bhfo-bhailteach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-bhailteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Further reading
edit- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fo-bhailteach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm