feiliúnach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • feileamhnach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From feiliúint, feiliúna +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲɪˈlʲuːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɛlʲuːnˠəx/

Adjective

feiliúnach (genitive singular masculine feiliúnaigh, genitive singular feminine feiliúnaí, plural feiliúnacha, comparative feiliúnaí)

  1. suitable, appropriate, becoming

Declension

Declension of feiliúnach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative feiliúnach fheiliúnach feiliúnacha;
fheiliúnacha2
vocative fheiliúnaigh feiliúnacha
genitive feiliúnaí feiliúnacha feiliúnach
dative feiliúnach;
fheiliúnach1 		fheiliúnach;
fheiliúnaigh (archaic) 		feiliúnacha;
fheiliúnacha2
Comparative níos feiliúnaí
Superlative is feiliúnaí

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 feiliúnach
radical lenition eclipsis
feiliúnach fheiliúnach bhfeiliúnach

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

References

  1. ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feileaṁnaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 308

Further reading

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