fulangach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fulaigeach, fulaigtheach, fulaingeach, fulaingtheach, fulangthach, fuiliceach, fuilictheach, fuilingeach, fuilingtheach, fuilngeach, fuilngtheach[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuilngech.[2] By surface analysis, fulaingt + -ach.

Adjective

fulangach (genitive singular masculine fulangaigh, genitive singular feminine fulangaí, plural fulangacha, comparative fulangaí)

  1. passive (taking no action)
  2. forbearing, long-suffering, resigned
  3. tolerant, patient
  4. (nominalized) patient or long-suffering person

Declension

Derived terms

  • fulangach-ionsaiteach (passive-aggressive)
  • caitheamh fulangach (passive smoking)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fulangach fhulangach bhfulangach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. fulangach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuilngech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuilngech. By surface analysis, fulang + -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful̪ˠəŋkəx/

Adjective

fulangach

  1. hardy, tough
  2. (grammar) passive

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fulangachfhulangach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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