fo-alpach

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Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ Alpach (“Alpine”).

Adjective

fo-alpach (genitive singular masculine fo-alpaigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alpaí, plural fo-alpacha, comparative fo-alpaí)

  1. subalpine

Declension

Declension of fo-alpach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fo-alpach fho-alpach fo-alpacha;
fho-alpacha2
vocative fho-alpaigh fo-alpacha
genitive fo-alpaí fo-alpacha fo-alpach
dative fo-alpach;
fho-alpach1 		fho-alpach;
fho-alpaigh (archaic) 		fo-alpacha;
fho-alpacha2
Comparative níos fo-alpaí
Superlative is fo-alpaí

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 fo-alpach
radical lenition eclipsis
fo-alpach fho-alpach bhfo-alpach

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

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