fo-thairseachúil
Irish
Etymology
From fo- (“sub-”) + tairseach (“threshold”) + -úil (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
fo-thairseachúil (genitive singular masculine fo-thairseachúil, genitive singular feminine fo-thairseachúla, plural fo-thairseachúla, comparative fo-thairseachúla)
- subliminal
Declension
Declension of fo-thairseachúil
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fo-thairseachúil | fho-thairseachúil | fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla² | |
Vocative | fho-thairseachúil | fo-thairseachúla | ||
Genitive | fo-thairseachúla | fo-thairseachúla | fo-thairseachúil | |
Dative | fo-thairseachúil; fho-thairseachúil¹ | fho-thairseachúil | fo-thairseachúla; fho-thairseachúla² | |
Comparative | níos fo-thairseachúla | |||
Superlative | is fo-thairseachúla |
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 |
fo-thairseachúil | fho-thairseachúil | bhfo-thairseachúil |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "fo-thairseachúil" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “subliminal” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.