fuileach
Irish
Adjective
fuileach (genitive singular masculine fuiligh, genitive singular feminine fuilí, plural fuileacha, comparative fuilí)
- Alternative form of fuilteach (“bloody; bloodthirsty”)
Declension
Declension of fuileach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fuileach | fhuileach | fuileacha; fhuileacha² | |
| Vocative | fhuiligh | fuileacha | ||
| Genitive | fuilí | fuileacha | fuileach | |
| Dative | fuileach; fhuileach¹ |
fhuileach; fhuiligh (archaic) |
fuileacha; fhuileacha² | |
| Comparative | níos fuilí | |||
| Superlative | is fuilí | |||
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 |
| fuileach | fhuileach | bhfuileach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- "fuileach" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “fuilech” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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