foghéar

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ géar (“sharp”).

Adjective

foghéar (genitive singular masculine foghéir, genitive singular feminine foghéire, plural foghéara, not comparable)

  1. sharpish

Declension

Declension of foghéar
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foghéar fhoghéar foghéara;
fhoghéara2
vocative fhoghéir foghéara
genitive foghéire foghéara foghéar
dative foghéar;
fhoghéar1 		fhoghéar;
fhoghéir (archaic) 		foghéara;
fhoghéara2
Comparative níos foghéire
Superlative is foghéire

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 foghéar
radical lenition eclipsis
foghéar fhoghéar bhfoghéar

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

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