feargach

Irish

Etymology

From fearg (“anger”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Pronunciation

Adjective

feargach (genitive singular masculine feargaigh, genitive singular feminine feargaí, plural feargacha, comparative feargaí)

  1. angry

Declension

Declension of feargach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative feargach fheargach feargacha;
fheargacha2
vocative fheargaigh feargacha
genitive feargaí feargacha feargach
dative feargach;
fheargach1 		fheargach;
fheargaigh (archaic) 		feargacha;
fheargacha2
Comparative níos feargaí
Superlative is feargaí

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 feargach
radical lenition eclipsis
feargach fheargach bhfeargach

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 14
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107

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