fo-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fo- (“under, beneath; about, around”) (compare modern faoi), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-, from Proto-Indo-European *upo (“under, up from under”).

Prefix

fo-

1. sub-, under-, hypo-, secondary, subsidiary
2. minor, lesser; light, trivial
3. odd, occasional

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with fo-

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo, fa, fá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Manx

Etymology

From fo, from Old Irish fo (“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).

Prefix

fo-

1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

Manx terms prefixed with fo-

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo, fa, fá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fu-

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-. Prefix form of fo.

Prefix

fo-

1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

Old Irish terms prefixed with fo-

Descendants

• Irish: fo-
• Manx: fo-
• Scottish Gaelic: fo-

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fo-	ḟo-	fo- pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo, fa, fá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From fo, from Old Irish fo (“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).

Prefix

fo-

1. sub-, under-, infra-

Derived terms

Scottish Gaelic terms prefixed with fo-

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fo, fa, fá”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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Ternate

Pronoun

fo-

1. (exclusive) we (proclitic)

References

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001). A Descriptive Study of the Language of Ternate, the Northern Moluccas, Indonesia. University of Pittsburgh.