faighte

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Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Adjective

faighte

  1. acquired

Declension

Declension of faighte
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative faighte fhaighte faighte;
fhaighte2
vocative fhaighte faighte
genitive faighte faighte faighte
dative faighte;
fhaighte1
fhaighte faighte;
fhaighte2
Comparative níos faighte
Superlative is faighte

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

Verb

faighte

  1. past participle of faigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of faighte
radical lenition eclipsis
faighte fhaighte bhfaighte

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102