foléimneach

Irish

Etymology

From foléim (“upward bound; light leap, skip, caper”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

foléimneach (genitive singular masculine foléimnigh, genitive singular feminine foléimní, plural foléimneacha, comparative foléimní)

  1. bounding, frisky, frolicsome

Declension

Declension of foléimneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foléimneach fholéimneach foléimneacha;
fholéimneacha2
vocative fholéimnigh foléimneacha
genitive foléimní foléimneacha foléimneach
dative foléimneach;
fholéimneach1 		fholéimneach;
fholéimnigh (archaic) 		foléimneacha;
fholéimneacha2
Comparative níos foléimní
Superlative is foléimní

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

foléimneach f (genitive singular foléimní)

  1. (act of) bounding, leaping, capering, frisking

Declension

Declension of foléimneach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative foléimneach
vocative a fholéimneach
genitive foléimní
dative foléimneach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fholéimneach
genitive na foléimní
dative leis an bhfoléimneach
don fholéimneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of foléimneach
radical lenition eclipsis
foléimneach fholéimneach bhfoléimneach

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

References

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