From Old Irish fésócach (compare Manx faasaagagh, Scottish Gaelic feusagach). By surface analysis, féasóg (“beard”) + -ach.
féasógach (genitive singular masculine féasógaigh, genitive singular feminine féasógaí, plural féasógacha, comparative féasógaí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | féasógach | fhéasógach | féasógacha; fhéasógacha2 | |
vocative | fhéasógaigh | féasógacha | ||
genitive | féasógaí | féasógacha | féasógach | |
dative | féasógach; fhéasógach1 |
fhéasógach; fhéasógaigh (archaic) |
féasógacha; fhéasógacha2 | |
Comparative | níos féasógaí | |||
Superlative | is féasógaí |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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féasógach | fhéasógach | bhféasógach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.