foirfe

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish foirbthe (“complete, perfect; old, aged”), past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɪɾʲəfʲə/, /ˈfˠɛɾʲəfʲə/

Adjective

foirfe

  1. complete, perfect
    Antonyms: anfhoirfe, neamhfhoirfe
  2. aged, mature
  3. (grammar) perfect

Declension

Declension of foirfe
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative foirfe fhoirfe foirfe;
fhoirfe2
vocative fhoirfe foirfe
genitive foirfe foirfe foirfe
dative foirfe;
fhoirfe1 		fhoirfe foirfe;
fhoirfe2
Comparative níos foirfe
Superlative is foirfe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • foirfigh (“complete, perfect; age, mature”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirfe
radical lenition eclipsis
foirfe fhoirfe bhfoirfe

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish foirbthe, past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

foirfe

  1. perfect, good, faultless
  2. old, ancient
  3. come to man's estate or years of maturity

Mutation

Mutation of foirfe
radical lenition
foirfe fhoirfe

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “foirfe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 foirbthe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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