feamnach

feamnach

Irish

Etymology

feamainn +‎ -ach

Noun

feamnach f (genitive singular feamnaí)

1. (collective) seaweed

Declension

Declension of feamnach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun) Case Singular Nominative feamnach Vocative a fheamnach Genitive feamnaí Dative feamnach feamnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fheamnach Genitive na feamnaí Dative leis an bhfeamnach leis an bhfeamnaigh (archaic, dialectal) don fheamnach don fheamnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feamnach	fheamnach	bhfeamnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “femnach” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “feamnaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 303.
• "feamnach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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Scottish Gaelic

Noun

feamnach f

1. genitive singular of feamainn