fofhosfarúil

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-, hypo-”) +‎ fosfarúil (“phosphorous”).

Adjective

fofhosfarúil (genitive singular masculine fofhosfarúil, genitive singular feminine fofhosfarúla, plural fofhosfarúla, not comparable)

1. (chemistry) hypophosphorous

Declension

Declension of fofhosfarúil

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fofhosfarúil	fhofhosfarúil	fofhosfarúla; fhofhosfarúla²
Vocative	fhofhosfarúil		fofhosfarúla
Genitive		fofhosfarúla	fofhosfarúla	fofhosfarúil
Dative	fofhosfarúil; fhofhosfarúil¹	fhofhosfarúil	fofhosfarúla; fhofhosfarúla²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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
fofhosfarúil	fhofhosfarúil	bhfofhosfarúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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