fuileach
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fuilech; synchronically, fuil (“blood”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
fuileach (genitive singular masculine fuiligh, genitive singular feminine fuilí, plural fuileacha, comparative fuilí)
- Alternative form of fuilteach (“bloody; bloodthirsty”)
Declension
Declension of fuileach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fuileach | fhuileach | fuileacha; fhuileacha² | |
Vocative | fhuiligh | fuileacha | ||
Genitive | fuilí | fuileacha | fuileach | |
Dative | fuileach; fhuileach¹ | fhuileach; fhuiligh (archaic) | fuileacha; fhuileacha² | |
Comparative | níos fuilí | |||
Superlative | is fuilí |
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 |
fuileach | fhuileach | bhfuileach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- "fuileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “fuilech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.