foléimneach

Irish

Etymology

From foléim (“upward bound; light leap, skip, caper”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

foléimneach (genitive singular masculine foléimnigh, genitive singular feminine foléimní, plural foléimneacha, comparative foléimní)

bounding, frisky, frolicsome

Declension

Declension of foléimneach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	foléimneach	fholéimneach	foléimneacha; fholéimneacha²
Vocative	fholéimnigh	fholéimneach	foléimneacha
Genitive	fholéimnigh	foléimní	foléimneacha	foléimneach
Dative	foléimneach; fholéimneach¹	fholéimneach; fholéimnigh (archaic)	foléimneacha; fholéimneacha²
Comparative	níos foléimní
Superlative	is foléimní

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

foléimneach f (genitive singular foléimní)

(act of) bounding, leaping, capering, frisking

Declension

Declension of foléimneach

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case	Singular
Nominative	foléimneach
Vocative	a fholéimneach
Genitive	foléimní
Dative	foléimneach

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular
Nominative	an fholéimneach
Genitive	na foléimní
Dative	leis an bhfoléimneach don fholéimneach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foléimneach	fholéimneach	bhfoléimneach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"foléimneach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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