sofheicseanach

Irish

Etymology

Blend of sofheicthe +‎ feicseanach.

Adjective

sofheicseanach (genitive singular masculine sofheicseanaigh, genitive singular feminine sofheicseanaí, plural sofheicseanacha, comparative sofheicseanaí)

1. Alternative form of sofheicthe (“visible; manifest, obvious”)

Declension

Declension of sofheicseanach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	sofheicseanach	shofheicseanach	sofheicseanacha; shofheicseanacha²
Vocative	shofheicseanaigh		sofheicseanacha
Genitive		sofheicseanaí	sofheicseanacha	sofheicseanach
Dative	sofheicseanach; shofheicseanach¹	shofheicseanach; shofheicseanaigh (archaic)	sofheicseanacha; shofheicseanacha²
Comparative	níos sofheicseanaí
Superlative	is sofheicseanaí

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
sofheicseanach	shofheicseanach after an, tsofheicseanach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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