Irish
Etymology
From fo- + fathach.
Noun
fo-fhathach m (genitive singular fo-fathaigh, nominative plural fo-fathaigh)
- (astronomy) subgiant
Declension
Declension of fo-fathach (first declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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fo-fathach
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fo-fathaigh
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| vocative
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a fho-fathaigh
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a fho-fathacha
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| genitive
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fo-fathaigh
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fo-fathach
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| dative
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fo-fathach
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fo-fathaigh
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See also
Mutation
Mutated forms of fo-fhathach
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| fo-fhathach
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fho-fhathach
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bhfo-fhathach
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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-fhathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fo-fhathach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fo-fhathach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025