formad

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish format.

Pronunciation

Noun

formad m (genitive singular formaid)

  1. envy
    B’fhormad leis an ndeamhan an ní sin.
    The devil was envious of that thing.
  2. rivalry, grudge
    formad lena chéile acu.
    They are rivals.
    Tá siad i bhformad lena chéile acu.
    They are in rivalry with each other.

Declension

Declension of formad (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative formad
vocative a fhormaid
genitive formaid
dative formad
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an formad
genitive an fhormaid
dative leis an bhformad
don fhormad

Mutation

Mutated forms of formad
radical lenition eclipsis
formad fhormad bhformad

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 222, page 113

Further reading

Spanish

Verb

formad

  1. second-person plural imperative of formar

Swedish

Participle

formad

  1. past participle of forma

Adjective

formad

  1. formed, shaped

Declension

Inflection of formad
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular formad
neuter singular format
plural formade
masculine plural2 formade
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 formade
all formade

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.