foléimneach

Irish

Etymology

From foléim (“upward bound; light leap, skip, caper”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

foléimneach (genitive singular masculine foléimnigh, genitive singular feminine foléimní, plural foléimneacha, comparative foléimní)

1. bounding, frisky, frolicsome

Declension

Declension of foléimneach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	foléimneach	fholéimneach	foléimneacha; fholéimneacha²
Vocative	fholéimnigh		foléimneacha
Genitive		foléimní	foléimneacha	foléimneach
Dative	foléimneach; fholéimneach¹	fholéimneach; fholéimnigh (archaic)	foléimneacha; fholéimneacha²
Comparative	níos foléimní
Superlative	is foléimní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

foléimneach f (genitive singular foléimní)

1. (act of) bounding, leaping, capering, frisking

Declension

Declension of foléimneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative foléimneach Vocative a fholéimneach Genitive foléimní Dative foléimneach

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fholéimneach Genitive na foléimní Dative leis an bhfoléimneach don fholéimneach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foléimneach	fholéimneach	bhfoléimneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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