fíniúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fíneamhnach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish fínemnach (“pertaining to a vine”),[2] from fínemain (from Latin vīndēmia). By surface analysis, fíniúin (“(grape-)vine; vineyard”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲiːˈnʲuːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲuːnˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲunˠa(h)/

Adjective

fíniúnach (genitive singular masculine fíniúnaigh, genitive singular feminine fíniúnaí, plural fíniúnacha, comparative fíniúnaí)

  1. abounding in (grape-)vines
  2. abounding in vineyards

Declension

Declension of fíniúnach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fíniúnach fhíniúnach fíniúnacha;
fhíniúnacha2
vocative fhíniúnaigh fíniúnacha
genitive fíniúnaí fíniúnacha fíniúnach
dative fíniúnach;
fhíniúnach1 		fhíniúnach;
fhíniúnaigh (archaic) 		fíniúnacha;
fhíniúnacha2
Comparative níos fíniúnaí
Superlative is fíniúnaí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíniúnach
radical lenition eclipsis
fíniúnach fhíniúnach bhfíniúnach

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

References

  1. ^ “fíniúnach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fínemnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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