From fadharcán (“knot, protuberance, lump; corn; callosity”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
fadharcánach (genitive singular masculine fadharcánaigh, genitive singular feminine fadharcánaí, plural fadharcánacha, comparative fadharcánaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fadharcánach | fhadharcánach | fadharcánacha; fhadharcánacha² | |
Vocative | fhadharcánaigh | fadharcánacha | ||
Genitive | fadharcánaí | fadharcánacha | fadharcánach | |
Dative | fadharcánach; fhadharcánach¹ |
fhadharcánach; fhadharcánaigh (archaic) |
fadharcánacha; fhadharcánacha² | |
Comparative | níos fadharcánaí | |||
Superlative | is fadharcánaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fadharcánach | fhadharcánach | bhfadharcánach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |