fosfáiteach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fosfáit (“phosphate”) + -each.
Adjective
[edit]fosfáiteach (genitive singular masculine fosfáitigh, genitive singular feminine fosfáití, plural fosfáiteacha, comparative fosfáití)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fosfáiteach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fosfáiteach | fhosfáiteach | fosfáiteacha; fhosfáiteacha² | |
| Vocative | fhosfáitigh | fosfáiteacha | ||
| Genitive | fosfáití | fosfáiteacha | fosfáiteach | |
| Dative | fosfáiteach; fhosfáiteach¹ |
fhosfáiteach; fhosfáitigh (archaic) |
fosfáiteacha; fhosfáiteacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fosfáití | |||
| Superlative | is fosfáití | |||
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 |
| fosfáiteach | fhosfáiteach | bhfosfáiteach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fosfáiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN