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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fo-adamhach | fho-adamhach | bhfo-adamhach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.