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fagharthach
fagharthach
Irish
Adjective
fagharthach (genitive singular masculine fagharthaigh, genitive singular feminine fagharthaí, plural fagharthacha, comparative fagharthaí)
- Alternative form of faghartha (“tempered; fiery, mettlesome; glinting”)
Declension
Declension of fagharthach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fagharthach | fagharthach¹ | fagharthacha³ | |
| Vocative | fagharthaigh¹ | fagharthach¹ | fagharthacha | |
| Genitive | fagharthaigh¹ | fagharthaí (obsolete) fagharthaighe |
fagharthacha | fagharthach |
| Dative | fagharthach² | fagharthach¹ (archaic) fagharthaigh¹ |
fagharthacha³ | |
| Comparative | fagharthaí (obsolete) fagharthaighe |
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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 |
| fagharthach | fhagharthach | bhfagharthach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fagharthach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.