fótavoltach

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- +‎ volta + -ach.

Adjective

fótavoltach (genitive singular masculine fótavoltaigh, genitive singular feminine fótavoltaí, plural fótavoltacha, not comparable)

1. (physics) photovoltaic

Declension

Declension of fótavoltach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fótavoltach	fhótavoltach	fótavoltacha; fhótavoltacha²
Vocative	fhótavoltaigh		fótavoltacha
Genitive		fótavoltaí	fótavoltacha	fótavoltach
Dative	fótavoltach; fhótavoltach¹	fhótavoltach; fhótavoltaigh (archaic)	fótavoltacha; fhótavoltacha²
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.

Derived terms

• fótavoltachas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fótavoltach	fhótavoltach	bhfótavoltach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fótavoltach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fótavoltach” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.