fo-bhailteach

Irish

Etymology

From fo-bhailte (“suburbs; sub-townlands”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fo-bhailteach (genitive singular masculine fo-bhailtigh, genitive singular feminine fo-bhailtí, plural fo-bhailteacha, comparative fo-bhailtí)

1. suburban

   Synonyms: bruachbhailteach, fo-uirbeach

Declension

Declension of fo-bhailteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
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

fo-bhailteach m (genitive singular fo-bhailtigh, nominative plural fo-bhailtigh)

1. suburbanite

   Synonym: bruachbhailteach

Declension

Declension of fo-bhailteach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fo-bhailteach fo-bhailtigh Vocative a fho-bhailtigh a fho-bhailteacha Genitive fo-bhailtigh fo-bhailteach Dative fo-bhailteach fo-bhailtigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fo-bhailteach na fo-bhailtigh Genitive an fho-bhailtigh na bhfo-bhailteach Dative leis an bhfo-bhailteach don fho-bhailteach leis na fo-bhailtigh

Mutation

Irish mutation
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

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

Further reading

• Entries containing “fo-bhailteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.