foraoiseach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From foraois (“forest”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective edit
foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)
- forested, timbered
- Synonym: foraoisithe
Declension edit
Declension of foraoiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | foraoiseach | fhoraoiseach | foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha² | |
| Vocative | fhoraoisigh | foraoiseacha | ||
| Genitive | foraoisí | foraoiseacha | foraoiseach | |
| Dative | foraoiseach; fhoraoiseach¹ |
fhoraoiseach; fhoraoisigh (archaic) |
foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos foraoisí | |||
| Superlative | is foraoisí | |||
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 |
| foraoiseach | fhoraoiseach | bhforaoiseach |
| 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) “foraoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “forested”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
- “timbered”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024