From Middle Irish fallásach, from fallás (“fallacy”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
fallásach (genitive singular masculine fallásaigh, genitive singular feminine fallásaí, plural fallásacha, comparative fallásaí)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fallásach | fhallásach | fallásacha; fhallásacha² | |
Vocative | fhallásaigh | fallásacha | ||
Genitive | fallásaí | fallásacha | fallásach | |
Dative | fallásach; fhallásach¹ |
fhallásach; fhallásaigh (archaic) |
fallásacha; fhallásacha² | |
Comparative | níos fallásaí | |||
Superlative | is fallásaí |
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 |
fallásach | fhallásach | bhfallásach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |