fulangach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fulaigeach, fulaigtheach, fulaingeach, fulaingtheach, fulangthach, fuiliceach, fuilictheach, fuilingeach, fuilingtheach, fuilngeach, fuilngtheach[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuilngech.[2] By surface analysis, fulaingt +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔl̪ˠəɡəx/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɞlˠənˠəx/, /ˈfˠulˠən̪ˠəx/[4]

Adjective

fulangach (genitive singular masculine fulangaigh, genitive singular feminine fulangaí, plural fulangacha, comparative fulangaí)

  1. passive (taking no action)
  2. forbearing, long-suffering, resigned
  3. tolerant, patient
  4. (nominalized) patient or long-suffering person

Declension

Declension of fulangach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fulangach fhulangach fulangacha;
fhulangacha2
vocative fhulangaigh fulangacha
genitive fulangaí fulangacha fulangach
dative fulangach;
fhulangach1 		fhulangach;
fhulangaigh (archaic) 		fulangacha;
fhulangacha2
Comparative níos fulangaí
Superlative is fulangaí

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

  • fulangach-ionsaiteach (“passive-aggressive”)
  • caitheamh fulangach (“passive smoking”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fulangach
radical lenition eclipsis
fulangach fhulangach bhfulangach

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

References

  1. ^ “fulangach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuilngech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 292, page 148
  4. ^ Ó Máille, T. S. (1974) Liosta Focal as Ros Muc [Word List from Rosmuck] (in Irish), Baile Átha Cliath [Dublin]: Irish University Press, →ISBN, page 99

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fuilngech. By surface analysis, fulang +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈful̪ˠəŋkəx/

Adjective

fulangach

  1. hardy, tough
  2. (grammar) passive

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of fulangach
radical lenition
fulangach fhulangach

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

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