féineach
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From féin + -ach; probably a calque of English selfish.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]féineach (genitive singular masculine féinigh, genitive singular feminine féiní, plural féineacha, comparative féiní)
- (Ulster) selfish
- Synonyms: leithleach, cóngarach duit féin, gar duit féin
Declension
[edit]Declension of féineach
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | féineach | fhéineach | féineacha; fhéineacha² | |
Vocative | fhéinigh | féineacha | ||
Genitive | féiní | féineacha | féineach | |
Dative | féineach; fhéineach¹ |
fhéineach; fhéinigh (archaic) |
féineacha; fhéineacha² | |
Comparative | níos féiní | |||
Superlative | is féiní |
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]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
féineach | fhéineach | bhféineach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “féineaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 69