fìnealta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

Irish fínealta; cf. Middle Irish fín- in Fínscothach, fair-flowered, Fin-shnechta, bright-snow, root svén; Greek @Gc@'noy, bright (Stokes for Middle Irish).

Adjective

fìnealta

  1. debonair, elegant
  2. delicate, fine, refined
  3. handsome
  4. sensitive

Declension

First declension; forms of the positive degree:

Case Masculine singular Feminine singular Plural
Nominative fìnealta fhìnealta fìnealta
Vocative fhìnealta fhìnealta fhìnealta
Genitive fhìnealta fhìnealta fìnealta
Dative fìnealta fìnealta fìnealta

Comparative/superlative: fhìnealta

Derived terms

  • fìnealtachd
  • fìnealtas
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