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fadharcánach
fadharcánach
Irish
Alternative forms
Adjective
fadharcánach (genitive singular masculine fadharcánaigh, genitive singular feminine fadharcánaí, plural fadharcánacha, comparative fadharcánaí)
- (of wood) knotted, gnarled
- (of skin) callous
- lumpy, protuberant
Declension
Declension of adharcánach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | adharcánach | adharcánach¹ | adharcánacha³ | |
| Vocative | adharcánaigh¹ | adharcánach¹ | adharcánacha | |
| Genitive | adharcánaigh¹ | adharcánaí (obsolete) adharcánaighe |
adharcánacha | adharcánach |
| Dative | adharcánach² | adharcánach¹ (archaic) adharcánaigh¹ |
adharcánacha³ | |
| Comparative | adharcánaí (obsolete) adharcánaighe |
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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.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fadharcánach | fhadharcánach | bhfadharcánach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fadharcánach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.