foclach
Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From focal (“word”) + -ach (adjectival suffix). Compare Scottish Gaelic faclach.
Adjective
[edit]foclach (genitive singular masculine foclaigh, genitive singular feminine foclaí, plural foclacha, comparative foclaí)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | foclach | fhoclach | foclacha; fhoclacha2 | |
| vocative | fhoclaigh | foclacha | ||
| genitive | foclaí | foclacha | foclach | |
| dative | foclach; fhoclach1 |
fhoclach; fhoclaigh (archaic) |
foclacha; fhoclacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos foclaí | |||
| Superlative | is foclaí | |||
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]- foclachas m (“verbosity”)
- foclaíocht f (“wordiness, garrulity; wording”)
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| foclach | fhoclach | bhfoclach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foclach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foclach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “foclach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024