fóirstineach

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔːɾˠsˠtʲənʲa(x)/[1]

Adjective

fóirstineach (genitive singular masculine fóirstinigh, genitive singular feminine fóirstiní, plural fóirstineacha, comparative fóirstiní)

  1. Ulster form of fóirsteanach (“suitable”)

Declension

Declension of fóirstineach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fóirstineach fhóirstineach fóirstineacha;
fhóirstineacha2
vocative fhóirstinigh fóirstineacha
genitive fóirstiní fóirstineacha fóirstineach
dative fóirstineach;
fhóirstineach1 		fhóirstineach;
fhóirstinigh (archaic) 		fóirstineacha;
fhóirstineacha2
Comparative níos fóirstiní
Superlative is fóirstiní

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 fóirstineach
radical lenition eclipsis
fóirstineach fhóirstineach bhfóirstineach

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 278, page 98

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904), “fóirstineaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 327
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