foighdeach
Irish
Alternative forms
- foighideach
Etymology
From foighid, foighide + -ach.
Pronunciation
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠəidʲa(x)/
Adjective
foighdeach (genitive singular masculine foighdigh, genitive singular feminine foighdí, plural foighdeacha, comparative foighdí)
- Alternative form of foighneach (“patient”)
Declension
Declension of foighdeach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | foighdeach | fhoighdeach | foighdeacha; fhoighdeacha² | |
Vocative | fhoighdigh | foighdeacha | ||
Genitive | foighdí | foighdeacha | foighdeach | |
Dative | foighdeach; fhoighdeach¹ | fhoighdeach; fhoighdigh (archaic) | foighdeacha; fhoighdeacha² | |
Comparative | níos foighdí | |||
Superlative | is foighdí |
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 |
foighdeach | fhoighdeach | bhfoighdeach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “foiġdeaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 324
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 64