foghéar

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ géar (“sharp”).

Adjective

foghéar (genitive singular masculine foghéir, genitive singular feminine foghéire, plural foghéara, not comparable)

1. sharpish

Declension

Declension of foghéar

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	foghéar	fhoghéar	foghéara; fhoghéara²
Vocative	fhoghéir		foghéara
Genitive		foghéire	foghéara	foghéar
Dative	foghéar; fhoghéar¹	fhoghéar; fhoghéir (archaic)	foghéara; fhoghéara²
Comparative	níos foghéire
Superlative	is foghéire

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
foghéar	fhoghéar	bhfoghéar
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.