foghainteach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

foghain (“to suffice”) +‎ -each with epenthetic -t-

Pronunciation

Adjective

foghainteach (comparative nas foghaintich, superlative as foghaintich)

  1. fit, able, able-bodied, well-built, strapping
  2. sufficient, ample
  3. valorous, strong, brave

References

  1. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh, page 275
  2. ^ Mac Gill-Fhinnein, Gordon (1966), Gàidhlig Uidhist a Deas, Dublin: Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath
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