fíorchneas

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Irish

Etymology

From fíor- (true) +‎ cneas (skin).

Noun

fíorchneas m (genitive singular fíorchnis)

  1. true skin, dermis
    Synonym: deirm

Declension

Declension of fíorchneas (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fíorchneas
vocative a fhíorchnis
genitive fíorchnis
dative fíorchneas
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fíorchneas
genitive an fhíorchnis
dative leis an bhfíorchneas
don fhíorchneas

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíorchneas
radical lenition eclipsis
fíorchneas fhíorchneas bhfíorchneas

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