fichiú

fichiú

Irish

Alternative forms

• ficheamhadh

Etymology

From Old Irish fichetmad (compare Scottish Gaelic ficheadamh). Synchronically analyzable as fiche +‎ -ú.

Adjective

fichiú

1. twentieth

Derived terms

• an fichiú haois, an fichiú céad (“the twentieth century”)

Related terms

• fiche (“twenty”)

Noun

fichiú m (genitive singular fichiú, nominative plural fichithe)

1. twentieth part

Declension

Declension of fichiú

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fichiú fichithe Vocative a fhichiú a fhichithe Genitive fichiú fichithe Dative fichiú fichithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fichiú na fichithe Genitive an fhichiú na bhfichithe Dative leis an bhfichiú don fhichiú leis na fichithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fichiú	fhichiú	bhfichiú
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "fichiú" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• “fichetmad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.