foradh

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish forad (mound, platform);[2] cognate with Scottish Gaelic faradh. Doublet of fara.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

foradh m (genitive singular foraidh, nominative plural foraidh)

  1. (literary) roost, elevated seat, loft

Declension[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foradh fhoradh bhforadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ foradh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “forad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 9, page 7

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