fìnealta

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “please clean below”) Irish fínealta; cf. Middle Irish fín- in Fínscothach, fair-flowered, Fin-shnechta, bright-snow, root svén; Greek @Gc@'noy, bright (Stokes for Middle Irish).

Adjective

fìnealta (comparative fhìnealta)

  1. debonair, elegant
  2. delicate, fine, refined
  3. handsome
  4. sensitive

Declension

Declension of fìnealta (type IV adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative fìnealta fhìnealta fìnealta
genitive fhìnealta fìnealta fìnealta
dative fìnealta fhìnealta fìnealta
vocative fhìnealta fhìnealta fìnealta

Derived terms

  • fìnealtachd
  • fìnealtas

Mutation

Mutation of fìnealta
radical lenition
fìnealta fhìnealta

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

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