féasógach
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Etymology
From Old Irish fésócach (compare Manx faasaagagh, Scottish Gaelic feusagach). By surface analysis, féasóg (“beard”) + -ach.
Adjective
féasógach (genitive singular masculine féasógaigh, genitive singular feminine féasógaí, plural féasógacha, comparative féasógaí)
Declension
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | féasógach | fhéasógach | féasógacha; fhéasógacha² | |
| Vocative | fhéasógaigh | féasógacha | ||
| Genitive | féasógaí | féasógacha | féasógach | |
| Dative | féasógach; fhéasógach¹ |
fhéasógach; fhéasógaigh (archaic) |
féasógacha; fhéasógacha² | |
| Comparative | níos féasógaí | |||
| Superlative | is féasógaí | |||
Declension of féasógach
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 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| féasógach | fhéasógach | bhféasógach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féasógach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésócach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féasógach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “féasógach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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