féitheach

Irish

Etymology

From féith (“sinew; muscle; rib; vein; soft seam in bogland; swampy strip; climbing, twining, plant; trailer, vine”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

féitheach (genitive singular masculine féithigh, genitive singular feminine féithí, plural féitheacha, comparative féithí)

  1. sinewy, muscular
    Synonyms: féitheogach, féithláidir, lúitheach, reangach
  2. venous, veined
  3. (botany) ribbed
  4. soft-seamed, swampy (of land)
  5. covered with creepers, vines

Declension
Declension of féitheach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative féitheach fhéitheach féitheacha;
fhéitheacha²
Vocative fhéithigh féitheacha
Genitive féithí féitheacha féitheach
Dative féitheach;
fhéitheach¹		 fhéitheach;
fhéithigh (archaic)		 féitheacha;
fhéitheacha²
Comparative níos féithí
Superlative is féithí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

féitheach m (genitive singular féithigh)

  1. (collective) sinews
  2. (botany) ribs; tracery
  3. (collective) climbing plants, trailers, vines

Declension
Declension of féitheach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative féitheach
Vocative a fhéithigh
Genitive féithigh
Dative féitheach

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an féitheach
Genitive an fhéithigh
Dative leis an bhféitheach

don fhéitheach

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
féitheach fhéitheach bhféitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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Further reading
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