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fiosrach
fiosrach
Irish
Adjective
fiosrach (genitive singular masculine fiosraigh, genitive singular feminine fiosraí, plural fiosracha, comparative fiosraí)
Declension
Declension of fiosrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fiosrach | fiosrach¹ | fiosracha³ | |
| Vocative | fiosraigh¹ | fiosrach¹ | fiosracha | |
| Genitive | fiosraigh¹ | fiosraí (obsolete) fiosraighe |
fiosracha | fiosrach |
| Dative | fiosrach² | fiosrach¹ (archaic) fiosraigh¹ |
fiosracha³ | |
| Comparative | fiosraí (obsolete) fiosraighe |
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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
- ainfhiosrach (“overcurious”, adjective)
Related terms
- fiosracht f (“inquisitiveness”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fiosrach | fhiosrach | bhfiosrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "fiosrach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.