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fo-alcaileach
fo-alcaileach
Irish
Adjective
fo-alcaileach (genitive singular masculine fo-alcailigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alcailí, plural fo-alcaileacha, comparative fo-alcailí)
- (geology) subalkalic
Declension
Declension of fo-alcaileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fo-alcaileach | fo-alcaileach¹ | fo-alcaileacha³ | |
| Vocative | fo-alcailigh¹ | fo-alcaileach¹ | fo-alcaileacha | |
| Genitive | fo-alcailigh¹ | fo-alcailí (obsolete) fo-alcailighe |
fo-alcaileacha | fo-alcaileach |
| Dative | fo-alcaileach² | fo-alcaileach¹ (archaic) fo-alcailigh¹ |
fo-alcaileacha³ | |
| Comparative | fo-alcailí (obsolete) fo-alcailighe |
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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 |
| fo-alcaileach | fho-alcaileach | bhfo-alcaileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fo-alcaileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.