fallásach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish fallásach, from fallás (“fallacy”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective[edit]
fallásach (genitive singular masculine fallásaigh, genitive singular feminine fallásaí, plural fallásacha, comparative fallásaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fallásach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fallásach | fhallásach | fallásacha; fhallásacha² | |
| Vocative | fhallásaigh | fallásacha | ||
| Genitive | fallásaí | fallásacha | fallásach | |
| Dative | fallásach; fhallásach¹ |
fhallásach; fhallásaigh (archaic) |
fallásacha; fhallásacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fallásaí | |||
| Superlative | is fallásaí | |||
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[edit]
- fallásacht (“fallaciousness”)
Descendants[edit]
- →⇒ Yola: falsakeen
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fallásach | fhallásach | bhfallásach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fallásach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fallásach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “fallásach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.