From focalbhá (“ellipsis”) + -ach.
focalbháiteach (genitive singular masculine focalbháitigh, genitive singular feminine focalbháití, plural focalbháiteacha, comparative focalbháití)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | focalbháiteach | fhocalbháiteach | focalbháiteacha; fhocalbháiteacha² | |
| Vocative | fhocalbháitigh | focalbháiteacha | ||
| Genitive | focalbháití | focalbháiteacha | focalbháiteach | |
| Dative | focalbháiteach; fhocalbháiteach¹ |
fhocalbháiteach; fhocalbháitigh (archaic) |
focalbháiteacha; fhocalbháiteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos focalbháití | |||
| Superlative | is focalbháití | |||
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| focalbháiteach | fhocalbháiteach | bhfocalbháiteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||