fodhord

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fodord. By surface analysis, fo- (“minor, lesser”) +‎ dord (“buzz, drone”).

Noun

fodhord m (genitive singular fodhoird)

1. subdued murmur
2. backbiting

Declension

Declension of fodhord

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fodhord Vocative a fhodhoird Genitive fodhoird Dative fodhord

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fodhord Genitive an fhodhoird Dative leis an bhfodhord don fhodhord

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fodhord	fhodhord	bhfodhord
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fodhord”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN