fòirneis

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See also: foirnéis

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French fornais (compare Irish foirnéis, Manx furnish), from Latin fornāx.

Noun

fòirneis f (genitive singular fòirneise, plural fòirneisí)

  1. furnace

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fòirneis fhòirneis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fòirneis”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 foirnéis”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language