From Old Irish fúaimnech. By surface analysis, fuaim + -ach.
fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnigh, genitive singular feminine fuaimní, plural fuaimneacha, comparative fuaimní)
singular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fuaimneach | fhuaimneach | fuaimneacha; fhuaimneacha2 | |
vocative | fhuaimnigh | fuaimneacha | ||
genitive | fuaimní | fuaimneacha | fuaimneach | |
dative | fuaimneach; fhuaimneach1 |
fhuaimneach; fhuaimnigh (archaic) |
fuaimneacha; fhuaimneacha2 | |
Comparative | níos fuaimní | |||
Superlative | is fuaimní |
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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fuaimneach | fhuaimneach | bhfuaimneach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
From Old Irish fúaimnech. By surface analysis, fuaim + -ach.
fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnich, comparative fuaimniche)
radical | lenition |
---|---|
fuaimneach | fhuaimneach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.