fáinneach

Irish

Etymology

From fáinne (“ring”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fáinneach (genitive singular masculine fáinnigh, genitive singular feminine fáinní, plural fáinneacha, comparative fáinní)

  1. annular; ring-like; ringed; cyclic
  2. ringleted
    Synonyms: bachallach, barrchas, búclach, caschiabhach, caslúbach, drolach, failíoch, feamainneach
  3. (botany) whorled
  4. adorned, beautiful

Declension

Declension of fáinneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fáinneach fháinneach fáinneacha;
fháinneacha2
vocative fháinnigh fáinneacha
genitive fáinní fáinneacha fáinneach
dative fáinneach;
fháinneach1 		fháinneach;
fháinnigh (archaic) 		fáinneacha;
fháinneacha2
Comparative níos fáinní
Superlative is fáinní

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fáinneach
radical lenition eclipsis
fáinneach fháinneach bhfáinneach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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