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foclach
foclach
Irish
Adjective
foclach (genitive singular masculine foclaigh, genitive singular feminine foclaí, plural foclacha, comparative foclaí)
Declension
Declension of foclach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | foclach | foclach¹ | foclacha³ | |
| Vocative | foclaigh¹ | foclach¹ | foclacha | |
| Genitive | foclaigh¹ | foclaí (obsolete) foclaighe |
foclacha | foclach |
| Dative | foclach² | foclach¹ (archaic) foclaigh¹ |
foclacha³ | |
| Comparative | foclaí (obsolete) foclaighe |
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¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- foclachas m (“verbosity”)
- foclaíocht f (“wordiness, garrulity; wording”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foclach | fhoclach | bhfoclach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "foclach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.