From fáinle (“swallow”) + earrach (“-tailed”).
fáinlearrach (genitive singular masculine fáinlearraigh, genitive singular feminine fáinlearraí, plural fáinlearracha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fáinlearrach | fháinlearrach | fáinlearracha; fháinlearracha2 | |
vocative | fháinlearraigh | fáinlearracha | ||
genitive | fáinlearraí | fáinlearracha | fáinlearrach | |
dative | fáinlearrach; fháinlearrach1 |
fháinlearrach; fháinlearraigh (archaic) |
fáinlearracha; fháinlearracha2 | |
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.