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foighneach

Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From foighne (“patience”) +‎ -each (adjectival suffix); compare Old Irish foditnech (the source of Scottish Gaelic foighidneach, a spelling also found in Irish).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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foighneach (genitive singular masculine foighnigh, genitive singular feminine foighní, plural feargacha, comparative foighní)

  1. patient
    Antonym: mífhoighneach

Declension

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Declension of foighneach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative foighneach fhoighneach foighneacha;
fhoighneacha²
Vocative fhoighnigh foighneacha
Genitive foighní foighneacha foighneach
Dative foighneach;
fhoighneach¹ 		fhoighneach;
fhoighnigh (archaic) 		foighneacha;
fhoighneacha²
Comparative níos foighní
Superlative is foighní

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

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foighneach fhoighneach bhfoighneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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