foghrach

Irish

Etymology

From foghar +‎ -ach.

Adjective

foghrach (genitive singular masculine foghraigh, genitive singular feminine foghraí, plural foghracha, not comparable)

  1. (linguistics) phonic
    Synonym: fónach

Declension

Declension of foghrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foghrach fhoghrach foghracha;
fhoghracha2
vocative fhoghraigh foghracha
genitive foghraí foghracha foghrach
dative foghrach;
fhoghrach1 		fhoghrach;
fhoghraigh (archaic) 		foghracha;
fhoghracha2
Comparative (not comparable)
Superlative (not comparable)

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

  • dea-fhoghrach (“euphonic”)
  • foghraí (“phonetician”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of foghrach
radical lenition eclipsis
foghrach fhoghrach bhfoghrach

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

Further reading

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