foirfeach

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Irish

Etymology

From foirfe (“complete, perfect; aged, mature”) +‎ -ach.

Noun

foirfeach m (genitive singular foirfigh, nominative plural foirfigh)

  1. aged, mature person; elder

Declension

Declension of foirfeach (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative foirfeach foirfigh
vocative a fhoirfigh a fhoirfeacha
genitive foirfigh foirfeach
dative foirfeach foirfigh
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an foirfeach na foirfigh
genitive an fhoirfigh na bhfoirfeach
dative leis an bhfoirfeach
don fhoirfeach 		leis na foirfigh
  • foirfeacht (“completeness, perfection; age, maturity; old age”)
  • foirfigh (“to complete, perfect; to age, mature”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirfeach
radical lenition eclipsis
foirfeach fhoirfeach bhfoirfeach

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

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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Noun

foirfeach m (genitive singular foirfich, plural foirfich)

  1. elder
    Synonym: èildear

Mutation

Mutation of foirfeach
radical lenition
foirfeach fhoirfeach

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

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