fáinneach

Irish

Etymology

From fáinne (“ring”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fáinneach (genitive singular masculine fáinnigh, genitive singular feminine fáinní, plural fáinneacha, comparative fáinní)

1. annular; ring-like; ringed; cyclic
2. ringleted

   Synonyms: bachallach, barrchas, búclach, caschiabhach, caslúbach, drolach, failíoch, feamainneach

3. (botany) whorled
4. adorned, beautiful

Declension

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	fáinneach	fháinneach	fáinneacha; fháinneacha²
Vocative	fháinnigh		fáinneacha
Genitive		fáinní	fáinneacha	fáinneach
Dative	fáinneach; fháinneach¹	fháinneach; fháinnigh (archaic)	fáinneacha; fháinneacha²
Comparative	níos fáinní
Superlative	is fáinní

Declension of fáinneach

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

• éiclips fáinneach m, urú fáinneach m (“annular eclipse”)
• toipeolaíocht fháinneach f (“ring topology”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáinneach	fháinneach	bhfáinneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáinneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáinneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fáinneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024