From feithicil (“vehicle”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
feithicleach (genitive singular masculine feithicligh, genitive singular feminine feithiclí, plural feithicleacha, not comparable)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | feithicleach | fheithicleach | feithicleacha; fheithicleacha2 | |
vocative | fheithicligh | feithicleacha | ||
genitive | feithiclí | feithicleacha | feithicleach | |
dative | feithicleach; fheithicleach1 |
fheithicleach; fheithicligh (archaic) |
feithicleacha; fheithicleacha2 | |
Comparative | níos feithiclí | |||
Superlative | is feithiclí |
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 |
feithicleach | fheithicleach | bhfeithicleach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |