fopholach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fo-pholach

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ pol (“pole”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

fopholach (genitive singular masculine fopholaigh, genitive singular feminine fopholaí, plural fopholacha, not comparable)

  1. (electricity, etc.) subpolar

Declension

Declension of fopholach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fopholach fhopholach fopholacha;
fhopholacha2
vocative fhopholaigh fopholacha
genitive fopholaí fopholacha fopholach
dative fopholach;
fhopholach1 		fhopholach;
fhopholaigh (archaic) 		fopholacha;
fhopholacha2
Comparative níos fopholaí
Superlative is fopholaí

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 fopholach
radical lenition eclipsis
fopholach fhopholach bhfopholach

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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