foraoiseach

Irish

Etymology

From foraois (“forest”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

foraoiseach (genitive singular masculine foraoisigh, genitive singular feminine foraoisí, plural foraoiseacha, comparative foraoisí)

  1. forested, timbered
    Synonym: foraoisithe

Declension
Declension of foraoiseach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative foraoiseach fhoraoiseach foraoiseacha;
fhoraoiseacha²
Vocative fhoraoisigh foraoiseacha
Genitive foraoisí foraoiseacha foraoiseach
Dative foraoiseach;
fhoraoiseach¹		 fhoraoiseach;
fhoraoisigh (archaic)		 foraoiseacha;
fhoraoiseacha²
Comparative níos foraoisí
Superlative is foraoisí

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
foraoiseach fhoraoiseach bhforaoiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foraoiseach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “forested”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
  • “timbered”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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