foirfe

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foirbthe (“complete, perfect; old, aged”), past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).

Adjective

foirfe

  1. complete, perfect
    Antonyms: anfhoirfe, neamhfhoirfe
  2. aged, mature
  3. (grammar) perfect

Declension
Declension of foirfe
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative foirfe fhoirfe foirfe;
fhoirfe²
Vocative fhoirfe foirfe
Genitive foirfe foirfe foirfe
Dative foirfe;
fhoirfe¹		 fhoirfe foirfe;
fhoirfe²
Comparative níos foirfe
Superlative is foirfe

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
  • foirfeach (“aged, mature person; elder”, adjective)
  • foirfeacht f (“completeness, perfection; age, matureity; old age”)
  • foirfigh (“complete, perfect; age, mature”, verb)

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish foirbthe, past participle of for·fen (“finishes, completes, brings to an end”).

Adjective

foirfe

  1. perfect, good, faultless
  2. old, ancient
  3. come to man's estate or years of maturity

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
foirfefhoirfe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “1 foirbthe” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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