fo-ordaitheach

Irish

Etymology

From fo-ordaigh (“subordinate”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fo-ordaitheach (genitive singular masculine fo-ordaithigh, genitive singular feminine fo-ordaithí, plural fo-ordaitheacha)

1. (grammar) subordinating

Declension

Declension of fo-ordaitheach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fo-ordaitheach	fho-ordaitheach	fo-ordaitheacha; fho-ordaitheacha²
Vocative	fho-ordaithigh		fo-ordaitheacha
Genitive		fo-ordaithí	fo-ordaitheacha	fo-ordaitheach
Dative	fo-ordaitheach; fho-ordaitheach¹	fho-ordaitheach; fho-ordaithigh (archaic)	fo-ordaitheacha; fho-ordaitheacha²
Comparative	níos fo-ordaithí
Superlative	is fo-ordaithí

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