feiceálach
Irish
Alternative forms
- faicealach, feisceanach
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʲɛcalˠa(x)/[1]
Adjective
feiceálach (genitive singular masculine feiceálaigh, genitive singular feminine feiceálaí, plural feiceálacha, comparative feiceálaí)
Declension
Declension of feiceálach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | feiceálach | fheiceálach | feiceálacha; fheiceálacha² | |
| Vocative | fheiceálaigh | feiceálacha | ||
| Genitive | feiceálaí | feiceálacha | feiceálach | |
| Dative | feiceálach; fheiceálach¹ |
fheiceálach; fheiceálaigh (archaic) |
feiceálacha; fheiceálacha² | |
| Comparative | níos feiceálaí | |||
| Superlative | is feiceálaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feiceálach | fheiceálach | bhfeiceálach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8
Further reading
- “feiceálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feiceálach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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