fuaimdhíonach

Irish

Etymology

From fuaim (“sound”) +‎ díonach (“impermeable, proof”).

Adjective

fuaimdhíonach (genitive singular masculine fuaimdhíonaigh, genitive singular feminine fuaimdhíonaí, plural fuaimdhíonacha, comparative fuaimdhíonaí)

soundproof

Declension

Declension of fuaimdhíonach

Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Nominative	fuaimdhíonach	fhuaimdhíonach	fuaimdhíonacha; fhuaimdhíonacha²
Vocative	fhuaimdhíonaigh	fhuaimdhíonach	fuaimdhíonacha
Genitive	fhuaimdhíonaigh	fuaimdhíonaí	fuaimdhíonacha	fuaimdhíonach
Dative	fuaimdhíonach; fhuaimdhíonach¹	fhuaimdhíonach; fhuaimdhíonaigh (archaic)	fuaimdhíonacha; fhuaimdhíonacha²
Comparative	níos fuaimdhíonaí
Superlative	is fuaimdhíonaí

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
fuaimdhíonach	fhuaimdhíonach	bhfuaimdhíonach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fuaimdhíonach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
“soundproof”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2023
Entries containing “fuaimdhíonach” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.

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