fóirsteanach
Irish
    
    Alternative forms
    
- fóirstineach[1]
 
Adjective
    
fóirsteanach (genitive singular masculine fóirsteanaigh, genitive singular feminine fóirsteanaí, plural fóirsteanacha, comparative fóirsteanaí)
Declension
    
Declension of fóirsteanach
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) | 
| Nominative | fóirsteanach | fhóirsteanach | fóirsteanacha; fhóirsteanacha²  | |
| Vocative | fhóirsteanaigh | fóirsteanacha | ||
| Genitive | fóirsteanaí | fóirsteanacha | fóirsteanach | |
| Dative | fóirsteanach; fhóirsteanach¹  | 
fhóirsteanach; fhóirsteanaigh (archaic)  | 
fóirsteanacha; fhóirsteanacha²  | |
| Comparative | níos fóirsteanaí | |||
| Superlative | is fóirsteanaí | |||
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 | 
| fóirsteanach | fhóirsteanach | bhfóirsteanach | 
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
    
- “fóirsteanach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
 - Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98
 
Further reading
    
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fóirstineaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 327
 - Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóirsteanach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
 
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