fiosrach

Irish

Etymology

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
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive 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
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fiosrach fhiosrach bhfiosrach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

Scottish Gaelic

Adjective

fiosrach

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

Antonyms

Derived terms
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