fagharthach
Irish
Adjective
fagharthach (genitive singular masculine fagharthaigh, genitive singular feminine fagharthaí, plural fagharthacha, comparative fagharthaí)
- Synonym of faghartha (“tempered; fiery, mettlesome; glinting”)
Declension
Declension of fagharthach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fagharthach | fhagharthach | fagharthacha; fhagharthacha² | |
Vocative | fhagharthaigh | fagharthacha | ||
Genitive | fagharthaí | fagharthacha | fagharthach | |
Dative | fagharthach; fhagharthach¹ |
fhagharthach; fhagharthaigh (archaic) |
fagharthacha; fhagharthacha² | |
Comparative | níos fagharthaí | |||
Superlative | is fagharthaí |
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 |
fagharthach | fhagharthach | bhfagharthach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fagharthach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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