forainm
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Irish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From for- (“pre-, fore-”) + ainm (“name”).
Noun
[edit]forainm m (genitive singular forainm, nominative plural forainmneacha)
Declension
[edit]Declension of forainm
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
[edit]- forainm ceisteach (“interrogative pronoun”)
- forainm coibhneasta (“relative pronoun”)
- forainm éiginnte (“indefinite pronoun”)
- forainm pearsanta (“personal pronoun”)
- forainm réamhfhoclach (“prepositional pronoun”)
- forainm sealbhach (“possessive pronoun”)
- forainm taispeántach (“demonstrative pronoun”)
- forainmneach (“pronominal”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
forainm | fhorainm | bhforainm |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “forainm”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forainm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “forainm”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “forainm”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024