fóirsteanach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fóirstineach[1]

Etymology

From fóirstean +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔːɾˠsˠtʲənʲa(x)/[2] (corresponding to the form fóirstineach)

Adjective

fóirsteanach (genitive singular masculine fóirsteanaigh, genitive singular feminine fóirsteanaí, plural fóirsteanacha, comparative fóirsteanaí)

  1. suitable, fitting, apt, suited
    Synonym: oiriúnach

Declension

Declension of fóirsteanach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fóirsteanach fhóirsteanach fóirsteanacha;
fhóirsteanacha2
vocative fhóirsteanaigh fóirsteanacha
genitive fóirsteanaí fóirsteanacha fóirsteanach
dative fóirsteanach;
fhóirsteanach1 		fhóirsteanach;
fhóirsteanaigh (archaic) 		fóirsteanacha;
fhóirsteanacha2
Comparative níos fóirsteanaí
Superlative is fóirsteanaí

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 fóirsteanach
radical lenition eclipsis
fóirsteanach fhóirsteanach bhfóirsteanach

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

References

  1. ^ “fóirsteanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

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