foscadh

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish foscad (shadow; protection),[1] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-skātu. Cognate with Welsh gwasgod (shade; shelter).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)

  1. shelter (a refuge or other protection)
    Synonym: fothain
  2. (literary) shade
    Synonym: scáth

Declension

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foscadh fhoscadh bhfoscadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foscad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

Further reading

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