foshuiteach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

foshuiteach (genitive singular masculine foshuitigh, genitive singular feminine foshuití, plural foshuiteacha, not comparable)

1. (grammar) subjunctive

Declension

Declension of foshuiteach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	foshuiteach	fhoshuiteach	foshuiteacha; fhoshuiteacha²
Vocative	fhoshuitigh		foshuiteacha
Genitive		foshuití	foshuiteacha	foshuiteach
Dative	foshuiteach; fhoshuiteach¹	fhoshuiteach; fhoshuitigh (archaic)	foshuiteacha; fhoshuiteacha²
Comparative	(not comparable)
Superlative	(not comparable)

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

Noun

foshuiteach m (genitive singular foshuitigh)

1. (grammar) subjunctive

Declension

Declension of foshuiteach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative foshuiteach Vocative a fhoshuitigh Genitive foshuitigh Dative foshuiteach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an foshuiteach Genitive an fhoshuitigh Dative leis an bhfoshuiteach don fhoshuiteach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foshuiteach	fhoshuiteach	bhfoshuiteach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foshuiteach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “subjunctive”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “foshuiteach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.