foirfeacht

Irish

Alternative forms

• foirfíocht

Etymology

From foirfe (“complete, perfect; aged, mature”) +‎ -acht.

Noun

foirfeacht f (genitive singular foirfeachta)

1. completeness, perfection

   Antonym: neamhfhoirfeacht

2. age, maturity; old age

Declension

Declension of foirfeacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural for this noun): Case Singular Nominative foirfeacht Vocative a fhoirfeacht Genitive foirfeachta Dative foirfeacht

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fhoirfeacht Genitive na foirfeachta Dative leis an bhfoirfeacht don fhoirfeacht

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foirfeacht	fhoirfeacht	bhfoirfeacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foirfeacht”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foirfeacht”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024