fianaiseach

Irish

Etymology

From fianaise (“witness; presence”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fianaiseach (genitive singular masculine fianaisigh, genitive singular feminine fianaisí, plural fianaiseacha, comparative fianaisí)

1. evidential, bearing witness
2. present

Declension

Declension of fianaiseach

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	fianaiseach	fhianaiseach	fianaiseacha; fhianaiseacha2
vocative	fhianaisigh		fianaiseacha
genitive		fianaisí	fianaiseacha	fianaiseach
dative	fianaiseach; fhianaiseach1	fhianaiseach; fhianaisigh (archaic)	fianaiseacha; fhianaiseacha2
Comparative	níos fianaisí
Superlative	is fianaisí

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

Mutation

Mutated forms of fianaiseach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fianaiseach	fhianaiseach	bhfianaiseach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fianaiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “fianaiseach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024