feimineach

Irish

Etymology

From Latin fēmina +‎ -ach

Adjective

feimineach (genitive singular masculine feiminigh, genitive singular feminine feiminí, plural feimineacha, comparative feiminí)

  1. feminist

Declension

Declension of feimineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative feimineach fheimineach feimineacha;
fheimineacha2
vocative fheiminigh feimineacha
genitive feiminí feimineacha feimineach
dative feimineach;
fheimineach1
fheimineach;
fheiminigh (archaic)
feimineacha;
fheimineacha2
Comparative níos feiminí
Superlative is feiminí

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

Derived terms

Noun

feimineach m (genitive singular feiminigh, nominative plural feiminigh)

  1. feminist
    Synonym: feiminí

Declension

Declension of feimineach (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feimineach feiminigh
vocative a fheiminigh a fheimineacha
genitive feiminigh feimineach
dative feimineach feiminigh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an feimineach na feiminigh
genitive an fheiminigh na bhfeimineach
dative leis an bhfeimineach
don fheimineach
leis na feiminigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of feimineach
radical lenition eclipsis
feimineach fheimineach bhfeimineach

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

Further reading

  • feimineach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025