fáisteanach
Irish
Noun
fáisteanach m (genitive singular fáisteanaigh, nominative plural fáisteanaigh)
- Alternative form of fáistineach (“prophet, soothsayer; future tense”)
Declension
Declension of fáisteanach
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Adjective
fáisteanach (genitive singular masculine fáisteanaigh, genitive singular feminine fáisteanaí, plural fáisteanacha, not comparable)
- Alternative form of fáistineach (“prophetic; future”)
Declension
Declension of fáisteanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fáisteanach | fháisteanach | fáisteanacha; fháisteanacha² | |
| Vocative | fháisteanaigh | fáisteanacha | ||
| Genitive | fáisteanaí | fáisteanacha | fáisteanach | |
| Dative | fáisteanach; fháisteanach¹ |
fháisteanach; fháisteanaigh (archaic) |
fáisteanacha; fháisteanacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fáisteanaí | |||
| Superlative | is fáisteanaí | |||
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 |
| fáisteanach | fháisteanach | bhfáisteanach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "fáistineach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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