fuadach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúatach.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəd̪ˠəx/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəd̪ˠa(x)/

Noun

fuadach m (genitive singular fuadaigh, nominative plural fuadaigh)

1. verbal noun of fuadaigh
2. abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being), kidnapping
3. snatching away, snatching up, plundering
4. rape

   Synonym: éigniú

5. hijacking
6. (draughts) huff (removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece)

Declension

Declension of fuadach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fuadach fuadaigh Vocative a fhuadaigh a fhuadacha Genitive fuadaigh fuadach Dative fuadach fuadaigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fuadach na fuadaigh Genitive an fhuadaigh na bhfuadach Dative leis an bhfuadach don fhuadach leis na fuadaigh

Derived terms

• fuadach croí (“heavy beating of the heart, palpitation”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuadach	fhuadach	bhfuadach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fuadach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúatach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuadaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 336
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuadach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15