fo-mheánchiorclach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ meánchiorclach (“equatorial”).

Adjective

fo-mheánchiorclach (genitive singular masculine fo-mheánchiorclaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-mheánchiorclaí, plural fo-mheánchiorclacha)

1. subequatorial

Declension

Declension of fo-mheánchiorclach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fo-mheánchiorclach	fho-mheánchiorclach	fo-mheánchiorclacha; fho-mheánchiorclacha²
Vocative	fho-mheánchiorclaigh		fo-mheánchiorclacha
Genitive		fo-mheánchiorclaí	fo-mheánchiorclacha	fo-mheánchiorclach
Dative	fo-mheánchiorclach; fho-mheánchiorclach¹	fho-mheánchiorclach; fho-mheánchiorclaigh (archaic)	fo-mheánchiorclacha; fho-mheánchiorclacha²
Comparative	níos fo-mheánchiorclaí
Superlative	is fo-mheánchiorclaí

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-mheánchiorclach	fho-mheánchiorclach	bhfo-mheánchiorclach
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-mheánchiorclach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN