fopholach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From fo- (“sub-”) + pol (“pole”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
fopholach (genitive singular masculine fopholaigh, genitive singular feminine fopholaí, plural fopholacha, not comparable)
- (electricity, etc.) subpolar
Declension edit
Declension of fopholach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fopholach | fhopholach | fopholacha; fhopholacha² | |
| Vocative | fhopholaigh | fopholacha | ||
| Genitive | fopholaí | fopholacha | fopholach | |
| Dative | fopholach; fhopholach¹ |
fhopholach; fhopholaigh (archaic) |
fopholacha; fhopholacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fopholaí | |||
| Superlative | is fopholaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fopholach | fhopholach | bhfopholach |
| 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) “fo-pholach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN