fopholach
Irish
Alternative forms
- fo-pholach
Adjective
fopholach (genitive singular masculine fopholaigh, genitive singular feminine fopholaí, plural fopholacha, not comparable)
- (electricity, etc.) subpolar
Declension
Declension of fopholach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fopholach | fhopholach | fopholacha; fhopholacha² | |
| Vocative | fhopholaigh | fopholacha | ||
| Genitive | fopholaí | fopholacha | fopholach | |
| Dative | fopholach; fhopholach¹ |
fhopholach; fhopholaigh (archaic) |
fopholacha; fhopholacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fopholaí | |||
| Superlative | is fopholaí | |||
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 |
| fopholach | fhopholach | bhfopholach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "fo-pholach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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