mífhoighneach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • mífhoighdeach, mífhoighideach
  • mí-fhoidneach, mí-fhoighdeach, mí-fhoighideach, mí-fhoighidneach, mí-fhoighneach, mío-fhoidhneach, mío-fhoighdeach, míofhoighideach, mío-fhoighideach, míofhoighneach (superseded)[1]

Etymology

From mí- +‎ foighneach.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈmʲiːˈeːdʲa(x)/, [ˈmʲiːˈei̯dʲa(x)][2] (corresponding to the form mífhoighdeach)

Adjective

mífhoighneach (genitive singular masculine mífhoighnigh, genitive singular feminine mífhoighní, plural mífhoighneacha, comparative mífhoighní)

  1. impatient

Declension

Declension of mífhoighneach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative mífhoighneach mhífhoighneach mífhoighneacha;
mhífhoighneacha2
vocative mhífhoighnigh mífhoighneacha
genitive mífhoighní mífhoighneacha mífhoighneach
dative mífhoighneach;
mhífhoighneach1 		mhífhoighneach;
mhífhoighnigh (archaic) 		mífhoighneacha;
mhífhoighneacha2
Comparative níos mífhoighní
Superlative is mífhoighní

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 mífhoighneach
radical lenition eclipsis
mífhoighneach mhífhoighneach not applicable

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

References

  1. ^ “mífhoighneach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 483, page 154

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