fóirsteanach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From fóirstean +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

fóirsteanach (genitive singular masculine fóirsteanaigh, genitive singular feminine fóirsteanaí, plural fóirsteanacha, comparative fóirsteanaí)

  1. suitable, fitting, apt, suited
    Synonym: oiriúnach

Declension

Declension of fóirsteanach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fóirsteanach fhóirsteanach fóirsteanacha;
fhóirsteanacha²
Vocative fhóirsteanaigh fóirsteanacha
Genitive fóirsteanaí fóirsteanacha fóirsteanach
Dative fóirsteanach;
fhóirsteanach¹ 		fhóirsteanach;
fhóirsteanaigh (archaic) 		fóirsteanacha;
fhóirsteanacha²
Comparative níos fóirsteanaí
Superlative is fóirsteanaí

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

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fóirsteanach fhóirsteanach bhfóirsteanach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ “fóirsteanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

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