féitheach

Irish

Etymology

From féith (“sinew; muscle; rib; vein; soft seam in bogland; swampy strip; climbing, twining, plant; trailer, vine”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

féitheach (genitive singular masculine féithigh, genitive singular feminine féithí, plural féitheacha, comparative féithí)

  1. sinewy, muscular
    Synonyms: féitheogach, féithláidir, lúitheach, reangach
  2. venous, veined
  3. (botany) ribbed
  4. soft-seamed, swampy (of land)
  5. covered with creepers, vines

Declension

Declension of féitheach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative féitheach fhéitheach féitheacha;
fhéitheacha2
vocative fhéithigh féitheacha
genitive féithí féitheacha féitheach
dative féitheach;
fhéitheach1 		fhéitheach;
fhéithigh (archaic) 		féitheacha;
fhéitheacha2
Comparative níos féithí
Superlative is féithí

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

Noun

féitheach m (genitive singular féithigh)

  1. (collective) sinews
  2. (botany) ribs; tracery
  3. (collective) climbing plants, trailers, vines

Declension

Declension of féitheach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative féitheach
vocative a fhéithigh
genitive féithigh
dative féitheach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an féitheach
genitive an fhéithigh
dative leis an bhféitheach
don fhéitheach

Mutation

Mutated forms of féitheach
radical lenition eclipsis
féitheach fhéitheach bhféitheach

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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Further reading

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