folach

Irish

Alternative forms

• falach

Etymology

From Old Irish folach, verbal noun of fo·luigi, inherited from Proto-Celtic *uɸologos and cognate to Middle Welsh golo.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠəˈl̪ˠax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠəx/, /ˈfˠalˠəx/ (corresponding to the alternative form falach)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠax/, /ˈfˠalˠax/ (corresponding to the alternative form falach)

Noun

folach m (genitive singular folaigh)

1. hiding, concealment
2. blanket, bedspread

Declension

Declension of folach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative folach Vocative a fholaigh Genitive folaigh Dative folach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an folach Genitive an fholaigh Dative leis an bhfolach don fholach

Derived terms

• i bhfolach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folach	fholach	bhfolach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “folaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page {{{1}}}
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN