focheannasach
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom fo- (“sub-”) + ceannasach (“dominant”).
Adjective
editfocheannasach (genitive singular masculine focheannasaigh, genitive singular feminine focheannasaí, plural focheannasacha, not comparable)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | focheannasach | fhocheannasach | focheannasacha; fhocheannasacha2 | |
vocative | fhocheannasaigh | focheannasacha | ||
genitive | focheannasaí | focheannasacha | focheannasach | |
dative | focheannasach; fhocheannasach1 |
fhocheannasach; fhocheannasaigh (archaic) |
focheannasacha; fhocheannasacha2 | |
Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
Superlative | (not comparable) |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Noun
editfocheannasach m (genitive singular focheannasaigh, nominative plural focheannasaigh)
Declension
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Mutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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focheannasach | fhocheannasach | bhfocheannasach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “focheannasach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “focheannasach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm