fuinneogach
Irish
Etymology
From fuinneog (“window”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
fuinneogach (genitive singular masculine fuinneogaigh, genitive singular feminine fuinneogaí, plural fuinneogacha, not comparable)
- windowed
- open; holed, gaping
- Synonyms: béal-leata, doirseach
Declension
Declension of fuinneogach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fuinneogach | fhuinneogach | fuinneogacha; fhuinneogacha² | |
Vocative | fhuinneogaigh | fuinneogacha | ||
Genitive | fuinneogaí | fuinneogacha | fuinneogach | |
Dative | fuinneogach; fhuinneogach¹ | fhuinneogach; fhuinneogaigh (archaic) | fuinneogacha; fhuinneogacha² | |
Comparative | níos fuinneogaí | |||
Superlative | is fuinneogaí |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- barrbhalla fuinneogach m (“clerestory”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fuinneogach | fhuinneogach | bhfuinneogach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fuinneogach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “fuinneogach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.