fuinneogach

Irish

Etymology

From fuinneog (“window”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fuinneogach (genitive singular masculine fuinneogaigh, genitive singular feminine fuinneogaí, plural fuinneogacha, not comparable)

1. windowed
2. open; holed, gaping

   Synonyms: béal-leata, doirseach

Declension

Declension of fuinneogach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fuinneogach	fhuinneogach	fuinneogacha; fhuinneogacha²
Vocative	fhuinneogaigh		fuinneogacha
Genitive		fuinneogaí	fuinneogacha	fuinneogach
Dative	fuinneogach; fhuinneogach¹	fhuinneogach; fhuinneogaigh (archaic)	fuinneogacha; fhuinneogacha²
Comparative	níos fuinneogaí
Superlative	is fuinneogaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

• barrbhalla fuinneogach m (“clerestory”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuinneogach	fhuinneogach	bhfuinneogach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuinneogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuinneogach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm