foraoiseach

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Irish

Etymology

From foraois (forest) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)

  1. forested, timbered
    Synonym: foraoisithe

Declension

Declension of foraoiseach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative foraoiseach fhoraoiseach foraoiseacha;
fhoraoiseacha2
vocative fhoraoisigh foraoiseacha
genitive foraoisí foraoiseacha foraoiseach
dative foraoiseach;
fhoraoiseach1
fhoraoiseach;
fhoraoisigh (archaic)
foraoiseacha;
fhoraoiseacha2
Comparative níos foraoisí
Superlative is foraoisí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of foraoiseach
radical lenition eclipsis
foraoiseach fhoraoiseach bhforaoiseach

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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