foscúil

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From foscadh +‎ -úil.

Adjective

foscúil (genitive singular feminine foscúla, plural foscúla, comparative foscúla)

  1. sheltered (protected, as from wind or weather)
  2. shady (overspread with shade)

Declension

Declension of foscúil
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative foscúil fhoscúil foscúla;
fhoscúla²
Vocative fhoscúil foscúla
Genitive foscúla foscúla foscúil
Dative foscúil;
fhoscúil¹ 		fhoscúil foscúla;
fhoscúla²
Comparative níos foscúla
Superlative is foscúla

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

Synonyms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foscúil fhoscúil bhfoscúil
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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