fadchosach
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fad- (“long”) + cos (“leg”) + -ach
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]fadchosach (genitive singular masculine fadchosaigh, genitive singular feminine fadchosaí, plural fadchosacha, comparative fadchosaí)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fadchosach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fadchosach | fhadchosach | fadchosacha; fhadchosacha² | |
| Vocative | fhadchosaigh | fadchosacha | ||
| Genitive | fadchosaí | fadchosacha | fadchosach | |
| Dative | fadchosach; fhadchosach¹ |
fhadchosach; fhadchosaigh (archaic) |
fadchosacha; fhadchosacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fadchosaí | |||
| Superlative | is fadchosaí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fadchosach | fhadchosach | bhfadchosach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “fadchosach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 237, page 120
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fad-ċosaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 291
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadchosach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN