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fadchosach

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fad- (long) +‎ cos (leg) + -ach

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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fadchosach (genitive singular masculine fadchosaigh, genitive singular feminine fadchosaí, plural fadchosacha, comparative fadchosaí)

  1. long-legged

Declension

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Declension of fadchosach
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative fadchosach fhadchosach fadchosacha;
fhadchosacha2
vocative fhadchosaigh fadchosacha
genitive fadchosaí fadchosacha fadchosach
dative fadchosach;
fhadchosach1
fhadchosach;
fhadchosaigh (archaic)
fadchosacha;
fhadchosacha2
Comparative níos fadchosaí
Superlative is fadchosaí

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

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fadchosach
radical lenition eclipsis
fadchosach fhadchosach bhfadchosach

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

References

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  1. ^ fadchosach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 237, page 120

Further reading

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