fionnscoth

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Irish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From fionn +‎ scoth.[2]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fionnscoth f (genitive singular fionnscotha, nominative plural fionnscothanna)

  1. white blossom
  2. (obsolete) hound's tongue, Cynoglossum officinale

Declension

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Declension of fionnscoth

Third declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fionnscoth fionnscothanna
Vocative a fhionnscoth a fhionnscothanna
Genitive fionnscotha fionnscothanna
Dative fionnscoth fionnscothanna

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhionnscoth na fionnscothanna
Genitive na fionnscotha na bhfionnscothanna
Dative leis an bhfionnscoth

don fhionnscoth

leis na fionnscothanna

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fionnscoth fhionnscoth bhfionnscoth
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ “fionnscoth”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 finn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 345, page 118

Further reading

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