fofhosfarúil
Irish
Etymology
From fo- (“sub-, hypo-”) + fosfarúil (“phosphorous”).
Adjective
fofhosfarúil (genitive singular masculine fofhosfarúil, genitive singular feminine fofhosfarúla, plural fofhosfarúla, not comparable)
Declension
Declension of fofhosfarúil
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | fofhosfarúil | fhofhosfarúil | fofhosfarúla; fhofhosfarúla² | |
| Vocative | fhofhosfarúil | fofhosfarúla | ||
| Genitive | fofhosfarúla | fofhosfarúla | fofhosfarúil | |
| Dative | fofhosfarúil; fhofhosfarúil¹ |
fhofhosfarúil | fofhosfarúla; fhofhosfarúla² | |
| Comparative | (not comparable) | |||
| Superlative | (not comparable) | |||
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 |
| fofhosfarúil | fhofhosfarúil | bhfofhosfarúil |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fofhosfarúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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