fosfáiteach

Irish

Etymology

From fosfáit (“phosphate”) +‎ -each.

Adjective

fosfáiteach (genitive singular masculine fosfáitigh, genitive singular feminine fosfáití, plural fosfáiteacha, comparative fosfáití)

1. phosphatic

Declension

Declension of fosfáiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fosfáiteach	fhosfáiteach	fosfáiteacha; fhosfáiteacha²
Vocative	fhosfáitigh		fosfáiteacha
Genitive		fosfáití	fosfáiteacha	fosfáiteach
Dative	fosfáiteach; fhosfáiteach¹	fhosfáiteach; fhosfáitigh (archaic)	fosfáiteacha; fhosfáiteacha²
Comparative	níos fosfáití
Superlative	is fosfáití

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
fosfáiteach	fhosfáiteach	bhfosfáiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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