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) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fuaimneach | fhuaimneach | bhfuaimneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
From Old Irish fúaimnech. By surface analysis, fuaim + -ach.
fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnich, comparative fuaimniche)
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fuaimneach | fhuaimneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |