fuaimneach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fúaimnech. By surface analysis, fuaim + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnigh, genitive singular feminine fuaimní, plural fuaimneacha, comparative fuaimní)
- sounding, resounding, resonant
- Synonym: athshondach
Declension
[edit]Declension of fuaimneach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fuaimneach | fhuaimneach | fuaimneacha; fhuaimneacha² | |
| Vocative | fhuaimnigh | fuaimneacha | ||
| Genitive | fuaimní | fuaimneacha | fuaimneach | |
| Dative | fuaimneach; fhuaimneach¹ |
fhuaimneach; fhuaimnigh (archaic) |
fuaimneacha; fhuaimneacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fuaimní | |||
| Superlative | is fuaimní | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fuaimneach | fhuaimneach | bhfuaimneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuaimneach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fuaimneach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fuaimneach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish fúaimnech. By surface analysis, fuaim + -ach.
Adjective
[edit]fuaimneach (genitive singular masculine fuaimnich, comparative fuaimniche)
Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fuaimneach | fhuaimneach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaimnech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- Irish terms inherited from Old Irish
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- Irish adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Irish lemmas
- Irish adjectives
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- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives suffixed with -ach
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic adjectives
- gd:Sound