fiosrach

Irish

Etymology

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Adjective

fiosrach (genitive singular masculine fiosraigh, genitive singular feminine fiosraí, plural fiosracha, comparative fiosraí)

  1. curious, inquiring, inquisitive, nosy, prying, questioning

Declension

Declension of fiosrach
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative fiosrach fhiosrach fiosracha;
fhiosracha2
vocative fhiosraigh fiosracha
genitive fiosraí fiosracha fiosrach
dative fiosrach;
fhiosrach1 		fhiosrach;
fhiosraigh (archaic) 		fiosracha;
fhiosracha2
Comparative níos fiosraí
Superlative is fiosraí

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

  • fiosracht f (“inquisitiveness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiosrach
radical lenition eclipsis
fiosrach fhiosrach bhfiosrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

fiosrach

  1. informed, aware
  2. well-informed, knowledgeable, learned, versed

Antonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of fiosrach
radical lenition
fiosrach fhiosrach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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