feartlaoi

Irish

Etymology

From feart (“mound, tumulus; grave”) +‎ laoi (“lay, (narrative) poem”).

Noun

feartlaoi f (genitive singular feartlaoi, nominative plural feartlaoithe)

1. epitaph

Declension

Declension of feartlaoi

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative feartlaoi feartlaoithe Vocative a fheartlaoi a fheartlaoithe Genitive feartlaoi feartlaoithe Dative feartlaoi feartlaoithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fheartlaoi na feartlaoithe Genitive na feartlaoi na bhfeartlaoithe Dative leis an bhfeartlaoi don fheartlaoi leis na feartlaoithe

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feartlaoi	fheartlaoi	bhfeartlaoi
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feartlaoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “epitaph”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• Entries containing “feartlaoi” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.