comhfhiosach
Irish
Etymology
From comhfhios + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
comhfhiosach (genitive singular masculine comhfhiosaigh, genitive singular feminine comhfhiosaí, plural comhfhiosacha, comparative comhfhiosaí)
- conscious
Declension
Declension of comhfhiosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | comhfhiosach | chomhfhiosach | comhfhiosacha; chomhfhiosacha² | |
| Vocative | chomhfhiosaigh | comhfhiosacha | ||
| Genitive | comhfhiosaí | comhfhiosacha | comhfhiosach | |
| Dative | comhfhiosach; chomhfhiosach¹ | chomhfhiosach; chomhfhiosaigh (archaic) | comhfhiosacha; chomhfhiosacha² | |
| Comparative | níos comhfhiosaí | |||
| Superlative | is comhfhiosaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- féin-chomhfhiosach (“self-aware, self-conscious”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| comhfhiosach | chomhfhiosach | gcomhfhiosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||