fodheirmeach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“hypo-”) +‎ deirm (“dermis”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fodheirmeach (genitive singular masculine fodheirmigh, genitive singular feminine fodheirmí, plural fodheirmeacha)

1. (anatomy) hypodermic

Declension

Declension of fodheirmeach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fodheirmeach	fhodheirmeach	fodheirmeacha; fhodheirmeacha²
Vocative	fhodheirmigh		fodheirmeacha
Genitive		fodheirmí	fodheirmeacha	fodheirmeach
Dative	fodheirmeach; fhodheirmeach¹	fhodheirmeach; fhodheirmigh (archaic)	fodheirmeacha; fhodheirmeacha²
Comparative	níos fodheirmí
Superlative	is fodheirmí

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

Synonyms

• hipideirmeach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fodheirmeach	fhodheirmeach	bhfodheirmeach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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