fodhuine

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“lesser; odd, occasional”) +‎ duine (“person”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɣɪnʲə/

Noun

fodhuine m (genitive singular fodhuine, nominative plural fodhaoine)

1. inferior person
2. odd, occasional person

Declension

Declension of fodhuine

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fodhuine fodhaoine Vocative a fhodhuine a fhodhaoine Genitive fodhuine fodhaoine Dative fodhuine fodhaoine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fodhuine na fodhaoine Genitive an fhodhuine na bhfodhaoine Dative leis an bhfodhuine don fhodhuine leis na fodhaoine

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fodhuine	fhodhuine	bhfodhuine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fodhuine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 34