foraoiseach
Irish
Adjective
foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)
- forested, timbered
- Synonym: foraoisithe
Declension
Declension of foraoiseach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | foraoiseach | fhoraoiseach | foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha² | |
| Vocative | fhoraoisigh | foraoiseacha | ||
| Genitive | foraoisí | foraoiseacha | foraoiseach | |
| Dative | foraoiseach; fhoraoiseach¹ |
fhoraoiseach; fhoraoisigh (archaic) |
foraoiseacha; fhoraoiseacha² | |
| Comparative | níos foraoisí | |||
| Superlative | is foraoisí | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foraoiseach | fhoraoiseach | bhforaoiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "foraoiseach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “forested” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- “timbered” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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