fungasach
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From fungas (“fungus”) + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
fungasach (genitive singular masculine fungasaigh, genitive singular feminine fungasaí, plural fungasacha, comparative fungasaí)
Declension edit
Declension of fungasach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fungasach | fhungasach | fungasacha; fhungasacha² | |
| Vocative | fhungasaigh | fungasacha | ||
| Genitive | fungasaí | fungasacha | fungasach | |
| Dative | fungasach; fhungasach¹ |
fhungasach; fhungasaigh (archaic) |
fungasacha; fhungasacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fungasaí | |||
| Superlative | is fungasaí | |||
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 |
| fungasach | fhungasach | bhfungasach |
| 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) “fungasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fungasach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “fungasach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.