fo-oifigeach

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Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ oifigeach (“officer; official”).

Noun

fo-oifigeach m (genitive singular fo-oifigigh, nominative plural fo-oifigigh)

  1. subordinate officer, subaltern
  2. subordinate official

Declension

Declension of fo-oifigeach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fo-oifigeach fo-oifigigh
vocative a fho-oifigigh a fho-oifigeacha
genitive fo-oifigigh fo-oifigeach
dative fo-oifigeach fo-oifigigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fo-oifigeach na fo-oifigigh
genitive an fho-oifigigh na bhfo-oifigeach
dative leis an bhfo-oifigeach
don fho-oifigeach 		leis na fo-oifigigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-oifigeach
radical lenition eclipsis
fo-oifigeach fho-oifigeach bhfo-oifigeach

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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