feabhasach
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From feabhas (“goodness; excellence; improvement; superiority”) + -ach.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fjo.əsəx/
Adjective
feabhasach (genitive singular masculine feabhasaich, comparative feabhasaiche)
- better, improved, ameliorated
- (grammar) superlative
Noun
feabhasach m (genitive singular feabhasaich, plural feabhasaich)
- (grammar) superlative
- Synonym: riochd feabhasach
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| feabhasach | fheabhasach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911), “feabhasach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN