faitcheasach
Irish
Adjective
faitcheasach (genitive singular masculine faitcheasaigh, genitive singular feminine faitcheasaí, plural faitcheasacha, comparative faitcheasaí)
- Alternative form of faiteach (“fearful, apprehensive; timid, shy”)
Declension
Declension of faitcheasach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | faitcheasach | fhaitcheasach | faitcheasacha; fhaitcheasacha² | |
Vocative | fhaitcheasaigh | faitcheasacha | ||
Genitive | faitcheasaí | faitcheasacha | faitcheasach | |
Dative | faitcheasach; fhaitcheasach¹ | fhaitcheasach; fhaitcheasaigh (archaic) | faitcheasacha; fhaitcheasacha² | |
Comparative | níos faitcheasaí | |||
Superlative | is faitcheasaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faitcheasach | fhaitcheasach | bhfaitcheasach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- "faiteach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.