foighdeach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • foighideach

Etymology

From foighid, foighide +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠəidʲa(x)/

Adjective

foighdeach (genitive singular masculine foighdigh, genitive singular feminine foighdí, plural foighdeacha, comparative foighdí)

  1. alternative form of foighneach (“patient”)

Declension

Declension of foighdeach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foighdeach fhoighdeach foighdeacha;
fhoighdeacha2
vocative fhoighdigh foighdeacha
genitive foighdí foighdeacha foighdeach
dative foighdeach;
fhoighdeach1 		fhoighdeach;
fhoighdigh (archaic) 		foighdeacha;
fhoighdeacha2
Comparative níos foighdí
Superlative is foighdí

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 foighdeach
radical lenition eclipsis
foighdeach fhoighdeach bhfoighdeach

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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