fadharcánach
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From fadharcán (“knot, protuberance, lump; corn; callosity”) + -ach (adjectival suffix).
Adjective
[edit]fadharcánach (genitive singular masculine fadharcánaigh, genitive singular feminine fadharcánaí, plural fadharcánacha, comparative fadharcánaí)
- knotted, gnarled (of wood)
- Synonym: cnapánach
- callous (of skin)
- lumpy, protuberant
- Synonym: cnapánach
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| nominative | fadharcánach | fhadharcánach | fadharcánacha; fhadharcánacha2 | |
| vocative | fhadharcánaigh | fadharcánacha | ||
| genitive | fadharcánaí | fadharcánacha | fadharcánach | |
| dative | fadharcánach; fhadharcánach1 |
fhadharcánach; fhadharcánaigh (archaic) |
fadharcánacha; fhadharcánacha2 | |
| Comparative | níos fadharcánaí | |||
| Superlative | is fadharcánaí | |||
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| fadharcánach | fhadharcánach | bhfadharcánach |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadharcánach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fadharcánach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fadharcánach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024