fiosrach
Irish
editEtymology
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Adjective
editfiosrach (genitive singular masculine fiosraigh, genitive singular feminine fiosraí, plural fiosracha, comparative fiosraí)
Declension
editDeclension of fiosrach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fiosrach | fhiosrach | fiosracha; fhiosracha² | |
| Vocative | fhiosraigh | fiosracha | ||
| Genitive | fiosraí | fiosracha | fiosrach | |
| Dative | fiosrach; fhiosrach¹ |
fhiosrach; fhiosraigh (archaic) |
fiosracha; fhiosracha² | |
| Comparative | níos fiosraí | |||
| Superlative | is fiosraí | |||
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
edit- ainfhiosrach (“overcurious”, adjective)
Related terms
edit- fiosracht f (“inquisitiveness”)
Mutation
edit| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fiosrach | fhiosrach | bhfiosrach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiosrach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fiosrach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fiosrach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Scottish Gaelic
editAdjective
editfiosrach