feiceálach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • faicealach, feicseanach, feisceanach[1]

Etymology

From feiceáil +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

Adjective

feiceálach (genitive singular masculine feiceálaigh, genitive singular feminine feiceálaí, plural feiceálacha, comparative feiceálaí)

  1. conspicuous
  2. remarkable
  3. handsome

Declension

Declension of feiceálach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative feiceálach fheiceálach feiceálacha;
fheiceálacha2
vocative fheiceálaigh feiceálacha
genitive feiceálaí feiceálacha feiceálach
dative feiceálach;
fheiceálach1 		fheiceálach;
fheiceálaigh (archaic) 		feiceálacha;
fheiceálacha2
Comparative níos feiceálaí
Superlative is feiceálaí

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 feiceálach
radical lenition eclipsis
feiceálach fheiceálach bhfeiceálach

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

References

  1. ^ “feiceálach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 10, page 8

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