From Middle Irish fásach (“uninhabited place, waste, wilderness”).[3] By surface analysis, fás + -ach.
fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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fásach (genitive singular masculine fásaigh, genitive singular feminine fásaí, plural fásacha, comparative fásaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fásach | fhásach | fásacha; fhásacha² | |
Vocative | fhásaigh | fásacha | ||
Genitive | fásaí | fásacha | fásach | |
Dative | fásach; fhásach¹ |
fhásach; fhásaigh (archaic) |
fásacha; fhásacha² | |
Comparative | níos fásaí | |||
Superlative | is fásaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
fásach m (genitive singular fásaigh, nominative plural fásaigh)
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fásach | fhásach | bhfásach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
From fás (“empty, deserted, uninhabited”) + -ach
fásach n
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Middle Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fásach | ḟásach | fásach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
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fásach n
Neuter s-stem | |||
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Singular | Dual | Plural | |
Nominative | fásachN | fásachN | fásaigeL |
Vocative | fásachN | fásachN | fásaigeL |
Accusative | fásachN | fásachN | fásaigeL |
Genitive | fásaigeL | fásaige | fásaigeN |
Dative | fásaigL | fásaigib | fásaigib |
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
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Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
fásach | ḟásach | fásach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |