From fo- (“sub-”) + adamhach (“atomic”), from adamh (“atom”).
fo-adamhach (genitive singular masculine fo-adamhaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-adamhaí, plural fo-adamhacha, not comparable)
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fo-adamhach | fho-adamhach | fo-adamhacha; fho-adamhacha² | |
Vocative | fho-adamhaigh | fo-adamhacha | ||
Genitive | fo-adamhaí | fo-adamhacha | fo-adamhach | |
Dative | fo-adamhach; fho-adamhach¹ |
fho-adamhach; fho-adamhaigh (archaic) |
fo-adamhacha; fho-adamhacha² | |
Comparative | níos fo-adamhaí | |||
Superlative | is fo-adamhaí |
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 |
fo-adamhach | fho-adamhach | bhfo-adamhach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |