foighne
Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unetymological spelling of foidhinne, a regular development from foidhidne which itself is likely a conflation of obsolete foidhidnighe (Old Irish foditnige) and still common foidhide (Old Irish foditiu), which is itself an (irregular?) development of Old Irish fodaitiu (as if fodhaide in modern spelling), verbal noun of fo·daim.
The unetymological spelling with -gh- is attested since at least the 17th century but (unlike the etymological spelling foidhinne) does not allow for the regular derivation of the word's pronunciation as /ˈfˠəiɲə/ (as if spelt foínge) in East Munster and County Cork (excluding the baronies of West Carberry and Bearra), areas where slender nn /n̠ʲ/ has regularly become slender ng /ɲ/ in noninitial position.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
foighne f (genitive singular foighne)
- patience (quality of being patient)
Declension[edit]
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foighne | fhoighne | bhfoighne |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading[edit]
- “foighne”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foditiu”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foiġid”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 324
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foiġne”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 324
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foighne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN