foirfeacht

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

foirfeacht f (genitive singular foirfeachta)

  1. completeness, perfection
    Antonym: neamhfhoirfeacht
  2. age, maturity; old age

Declension

Declension of foirfeacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative foirfeacht
vocative a fhoirfeacht
genitive foirfeachta
dative foirfeacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhoirfeacht
genitive na foirfeachta
dative leis an bhfoirfeacht
don fhoirfeacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirfeacht
radical lenition eclipsis
foirfeacht fhoirfeacht bhfoirfeacht

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

References

Further reading

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