fo-ghartach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

fo-ghartach (genitive singular masculine fo-ghartaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-ghartaí, plural fo-ghartacha, comparative fo-ghartaí)

1. horny, calloused (of feet)

Declension

Declension of fo-ghartach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fo-ghartach	fho-ghartach	fo-ghartacha; fho-ghartacha²
Vocative	fho-ghartaigh		fo-ghartacha
Genitive		fo-ghartaí	fo-ghartacha	fo-ghartach
Dative	fo-ghartach; fho-ghartach¹	fho-ghartach; fho-ghartaigh (archaic)	fo-ghartacha; fho-ghartacha²
Comparative	níos fo-ghartaí
Superlative	is fo-ghartaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fo-ghartach	fho-ghartach	bhfo-ghartach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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