foghrach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
foghrach (genitive singular masculine foghraigh, genitive singular feminine foghraí, plural foghracha, not comparable)
- (linguistics) phonic
- Synonym: fónach
Declension edit
Declension of foghrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | foghrach | fhoghrach | foghracha; fhoghracha² | |
| Vocative | fhoghraigh | foghracha | ||
| Genitive | foghraí | foghracha | foghrach | |
| Dative | foghrach; fhoghrach¹ |
fhoghrach; fhoghraigh (archaic) |
foghracha; fhoghracha² | |
| 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.
Derived terms edit
- dea-fhoghrach (“euphonic”)
Related terms edit
- foghraí (“phonetician”)
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foghrach | fhoghrach | bhfoghrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foghrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “foghrach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “foghrach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.