foilmhe

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfˠɛlʲəvʲə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish foilme (“emptiness, want”), from folam (“empty”) (modern folamh).

Noun

foilmhe f (genitive singular foilmhe, nominative plural foilmhí)

1. emptiness, blankness, vacuity, inanition

Declension

Declension of foilmhe

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative foilmhe foilmhí Vocative a fhoilmhe a fhoilmhí Genitive foilmhe foilmhí Dative foilmhe foilmhí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhoilmhe na foilmhí Genitive na foilmhe na bhfoilmhí Dative leis an bhfoilmhe don fhoilmhe leis na foilmhí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

foilmhe

1. inflection of folamh:
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foilmhe	fhoilmhe	bhfoilmhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foilmhe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foilmhe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foilmhe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foilme”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language