foraoiseach

Irish

Etymology

From foraois (“forest”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)

  1. forested, timbered
    Synonym: foraoisithe

Declension

Declension of foraoiseach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foraoiseach fhoraoiseach foraoiseacha;
fhoraoiseacha2
vocative fhoraoisigh foraoiseacha
genitive foraoisí foraoiseacha foraoiseach
dative foraoiseach;
fhoraoiseach1 		fhoraoiseach;
fhoraoisigh (archaic) 		foraoiseacha;
fhoraoiseacha2
Comparative níos foraoisí
Superlative is foraoisí

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 foraoiseach
radical lenition eclipsis
foraoiseach fhoraoiseach bhforaoiseach

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foraoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “forested”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “timbered”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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