fianaiseach
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From fianaise (“witness; presence”) + -ach.
Adjective[edit]
fianaiseach (genitive singular masculine fianaisigh, genitive singular feminine fianaisí, plural fianaiseacha, comparative fianaisí)
Declension[edit]
Declension of fianaiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fianaiseach | fhianaiseach | fianaiseacha; fhianaiseacha² | |
| Vocative | fhianaisigh | fianaiseacha | ||
| Genitive | fianaisí | fianaiseacha | fianaiseach | |
| Dative | fianaiseach; fhianaiseach¹ |
fhianaiseach; fhianaisigh (archaic) |
fianaiseacha; fhianaiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fianaisí | |||
| Superlative | is fianaisí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fianaiseach | fhianaiseach | bhfianaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fianaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- “fianaiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024