feargach

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Irish

Etymology

From fearg (“anger”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

feargach (genitive singular masculine feargaigh, genitive singular feminine feargaí, plural feargacha, comparative feargaí)

  1. angry

Declension

Declension of feargach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative feargach fheargach feargacha;
fheargacha2
vocative fheargaigh feargacha
genitive feargaí feargacha feargach
dative feargach;
fheargach1 		fheargach;
fheargaigh (archaic) 		feargacha;
fheargacha2
Comparative níos feargaí
Superlative is feargaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of feargach
radical lenition eclipsis
feargach fheargach bhfeargach

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107

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