foighneach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From foighne (“patience”) +‎ -each (adjectival suffix); compare Old Irish foditnech (the source of Scottish Gaelic foighidneach, a spelling also found in Irish).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠəinʲəx/

Adjective

foighneach (genitive singular masculine foighnigh, genitive singular feminine foighní, plural feargacha, comparative foighní)

  1. patient
    Antonym: mífhoighneach

Declension

Declension of foighneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foighneach fhoighneach foighneacha;
fhoighneacha2
vocative fhoighnigh foighneacha
genitive foighní foighneacha foighneach
dative foighneach;
fhoighneach1 		fhoighneach;
fhoighnigh (archaic) 		foighneacha;
fhoighneacha2
Comparative níos foighní
Superlative is foighní

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of foighneach
radical lenition eclipsis
foighneach fhoighneach bhfoighneach

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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