fíniúnach

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fíneamhnach (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fínemnach (“pertaining to a vine”), from fínemain (from Latin vīndēmia). By surface analysis, fíniúin (“(grape-)vine; vineyard”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲiːˈnʲuːn̪ˠəx/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲuːnˠəx/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲunˠa(h)/

Adjective

fíniúnach (genitive singular masculine fíniúnaigh, genitive singular feminine fíniúnaí, plural fíniúnacha, comparative fíniúnaí)

  1. abounding in (grape-)vines
  2. abounding in vineyards

Declension
Declension of fíniúnach
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative fíniúnach fhíniúnach fíniúnacha;
fhíniúnacha²
Vocative fhíniúnaigh fíniúnacha
Genitive fíniúnaí fíniúnacha fíniúnach
Dative fíniúnach;
fhíniúnach¹		 fhíniúnach;
fhíniúnaigh (archaic)		 fíniúnacha;
fhíniúnacha²
Comparative níos fíniúnaí
Superlative is fíniúnaí

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
fíniúnach fhíniúnach bhfíniúnach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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