follaiseach
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish foillsech (“evident, visible; bright, ardent”) (compare Irish follasach). By surface analysis, follais + -ach.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]follaiseach (genitive singular masculine follaisich, comparative follaisiche)
Mutation
[edit]| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| follaiseach | fhollaiseach |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
[edit]- Edward Dwelly (1911) “follaiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foillsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language