feabhasach

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From feabhas (“goodness; excellence; improvement; superiority”) +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fjo.əsəx/

Adjective

feabhasach (genitive singular masculine feabhasaich, comparative feabhasaiche)

1. better, improved, ameliorated
2. (grammar) superlative

Noun

feabhasach m (genitive singular feabhasaich, plural feabhasaich)

1. (grammar) superlative

   Synonym: riochd feabhasach

Mutation

Mutation of feabhasach

radical	lenition
feabhasach	fheabhasach

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911), “feabhasach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN