fopholach

Irish

Alternative forms

• fo-pholach

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ pol (“pole”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fopholach (genitive singular masculine fopholaigh, genitive singular feminine fopholaí, plural fopholacha, not comparable)

1. (electricity, etc.) subpolar

Declension

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

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

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