feiliúnach
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From feiliúint, feiliúna + -ach.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
feiliúnach (genitive singular masculine feiliúnaigh, genitive singular feminine feiliúnaí, plural feiliúnacha, comparative feiliúnaí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of feiliúnach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | feiliúnach | fheiliúnach | feiliúnacha; fheiliúnacha² | |
| Vocative | fheiliúnaigh | feiliúnacha | ||
| Genitive | feiliúnaí | feiliúnacha | feiliúnach | |
| Dative | feiliúnach; fheiliúnach¹ |
fheiliúnach; fheiliúnaigh (archaic) |
feiliúnacha; fheiliúnacha² | |
| Comparative | níos feiliúnaí | |||
| Superlative | is feiliúnaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feiliúnach | fheiliúnach | bhfeiliúnach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feileaṁnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiliúnach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN