foirmniseach
Irish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAdjective
editfoirmniseach (genitive singular masculine foirmnisigh, genitive singular feminine foirmnisí, plural foirmniseacha, comparative foirmnisí)
Declension
editDeclension of foirmniseach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | foirmniseach | fhoirmniseach | foirmniseacha; fhoirmniseacha² | |
Vocative | fhoirmnisigh | foirmniseacha | ||
Genitive | foirmnisí | foirmniseacha | foirmniseach | |
Dative | foirmniseach; fhoirmniseach¹ |
fhoirmniseach; fhoirmnisigh (archaic) |
foirmniseacha; fhoirmniseacha² | |
Comparative | níos foirmnisí | |||
Superlative | is foirmnisí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
foirmniseach | fhoirmniseach | bhfoirmniseach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 89
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foirmniseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN