faoiseamh
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Irish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Irish fáes(s)am (“supporting, protection, safeguard”), from Old Irish fóesam, verbal noun of Old Irish fo·sisedar (“to stand under, confess”).[1]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
faoiseamh m (genitive singular faoisimh)
Declension[edit]
Declension of faoiseamh
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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 |
| faoiseamh | fhaoiseamh | bhfaoiseamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References[edit]
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáes(s)am”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 124, page 47
Further reading[edit]
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faoiseamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faoiseamh”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “faoiseamh”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024