fo-alcaileach

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ alcaileach (“alkali”).

Adjective

fo-alcaileach (genitive singular masculine fo-alcailigh, genitive singular feminine fo-alcailí, plural fo-alcaileacha, comparative fo-alcailí)

  1. (geology) subalkalic

Declension

Declension of fo-alcaileach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fo-alcaileach fho-alcaileach fo-alcaileacha;
fho-alcaileacha2
vocative fho-alcailigh fo-alcaileacha
genitive fo-alcailí fo-alcaileacha fo-alcaileach
dative fo-alcaileach;
fho-alcaileach1 		fho-alcaileach;
fho-alcailigh (archaic) 		fo-alcaileacha;
fho-alcaileacha2
Comparative níos fo-alcailí
Superlative is fo-alcailí

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 fo-alcaileach
radical lenition eclipsis
fo-alcaileach fho-alcaileach bhfo-alcaileach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-alcaileach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “sub-”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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