foirfe
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish foirbthe (“complete, perfect; old, aged”), past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foirfe
Declension
[edit]Declension of foirfe
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | foirfe | fhoirfe | foirfe; fhoirfe² | |
Vocative | fhoirfe | foirfe | ||
Genitive | foirfe | foirfe | foirfe | |
Dative | foirfe; fhoirfe¹ |
fhoirfe | foirfe; fhoirfe² | |
Comparative | níos foirfe | |||
Superlative | is foirfe |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]- foirfigh (“complete, perfect; age, mature”, verb)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
foirfe | fhoirfe | bhfoirfe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foirfe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 foirbthe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish foirbthe, past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]foirfe
Mutation
[edit]Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
---|---|
Radical | Lenition |
foirfe | fhoirfe |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “foirfe”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 foirbthe”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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