feiceálach

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

feiceáil +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Adjective

feiceálach (genitive singular masculine feiceálaigh, genitive singular feminine feiceálaí, plural feiceálacha, comparative feiceálaí)

  1. conspicuous
  2. remarkable
  3. handsome

Declension

Declension of feiceálach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative feiceálach fheiceálach feiceálacha;
fheiceálacha2
vocative fheiceálaigh feiceálacha
genitive feiceálaí feiceálacha feiceálach
dative feiceálach;
fheiceálach1 		fheiceálach;
fheiceálaigh (archaic) 		feiceálacha;
fheiceálacha2
Comparative níos feiceálaí
Superlative is feiceálaí

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 feiceálach
radical lenition eclipsis
feiceálach fheiceálach bhfeiceálach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 8

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