fuilteach
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Irish fuiltech.[2] By surface analysis, fuile + -tach.
Adjective edit
fuilteach (genitive singular masculine fuiltigh, genitive singular feminine fuiltí, plural fuilteacha, comparative fuiltí)
- bloody, gory
- Synonym: fuilí
- bloodthirsty
Declension edit
Declension of fuilteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fuilteach | fhuilteach | fuilteacha; fhuilteacha² | |
| Vocative | fhuiltigh | fuilteacha | ||
| Genitive | fuiltí | fuilteacha | fuilteach | |
| Dative | fuilteach; fhuilteach¹ |
fhuilteach; fhuiltigh (archaic) |
fuilteacha; fhuilteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fuiltí | |||
| Superlative | is fuiltí | |||
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 |
| fuilteach | fhuilteach | bhfuilteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ “fuilteach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuiltech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Further reading edit
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuilteaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuilteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN