fostát

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ stát (“state”).

Noun

fostát m (genitive singular fostáit, nominative plural fostáit)

1. satellite state, vassal state

   Synonym: stát spleách

Declension

Declension of fostát

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fostát fostáit Vocative a fhostáit a fhostáta Genitive fostáit fostát Dative fostát fostáit

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fostát na fostáit Genitive an fhostáit na bhfostát Dative leis an bhfostát don fhostát leis na fostáit

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fostát	fhostát	bhfostát
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fostát”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fostát”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fostát”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024