féin-chomhfhiosach

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Irish

Etymology

From féin- (self) +‎ comhfhiosach (conscious). Calque of English self-conscious.

Adjective

féin-chomhfhiosach (genitive singular masculine féin-chomhfhiosaigh, genitive singular feminine féin-chomhfhiosaí, plural féin-chomhfhiosacha, comparative féin-chomhfhiosaí)

  1. self-aware, self-conscious

Declension

Declension of féin-chomhfhiosach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative féin-chomhfhiosach fhéin-chomhfhiosach féin-chomhfhiosacha;
fhéin-chomhfhiosacha2
vocative fhéin-chomhfhiosaigh féin-chomhfhiosacha
genitive féin-chomhfhiosaí féin-chomhfhiosacha féin-chomhfhiosach
dative féin-chomhfhiosach;
fhéin-chomhfhiosach1
fhéin-chomhfhiosach;
fhéin-chomhfhiosaigh (archaic)
féin-chomhfhiosacha;
fhéin-chomhfhiosacha2
Comparative níos féin-chomhfhiosaí
Superlative is féin-chomhfhiosaí

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Mutation

Mutated forms of féin-chomhfhiosach
radical lenition eclipsis
féin-chomhfhiosach fhéin-chomhfhiosach bhféin-chomhfhiosach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.