From foraois (“forest”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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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.
radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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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.