foraois

Irish

Alternative forms

• foraighis (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish foraís, from Anglo-Norman forest, from Medieval Latin forestis (“open wood”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fəˈɾˠiːʃ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfɔɾˠiːʃ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʌɾˠiʃ/

Noun

foraois f (genitive singular foraoise, nominative plural foraoisí or foraoiseacha)

1. forest, timber
   • 2007, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, An Prionsa Beag, Dublin: Read Ireland, →ISBN, page 1:

     Nuair a bhí mé sé bliana d’aois, chonaic mé, uair amháin, pictiúr iontach i leabhar i dtaobh na foraoise darbh ainm “Scéalta fíora.”

     Once when I was six years old, I saw a wonderful picture in a book about the forest called “True stories.”

2. retreat, recess; lair, den

Declension

Declension of foraois

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative foraois foraoisí Vocative a fhoraois a fhoraoisí Genitive foraoise foraoisí Dative foraois foraoisí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhoraois na foraoisí Genitive na foraoise na bhforaoisí Dative leis an bhforaois don fhoraois leis na foraoisí

• Alternative plural: foraoiseacha

Derived terms

• bainistíocht foraoisí (“forest management”)
• foraois bháistí (“rainforest”)
• Foraois Dhubh (“Black Forest”)
• foraoiseach (“forested”, adjective)
• foraoiseacht (“forestry”)
• foraoiseoir (“forester”)
• foraoiseolaíocht (“forestry”)
• foraoisí (“sylviculturist”)
• foraoisigh (“forest, afforest”, verb)
• saothraí foraoise (“lumberman”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foraois	fhoraois	bhforaois
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foraois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “forest”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “timber”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foraís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foraiġis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 329
• Entries containing “foraois” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “foraois” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.