foraois
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish foraís, from Anglo-Norman forest, from Medieval Latin forestis (“open wood”).
Pronunciation
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Noun
foraois f (genitive singular foraoise, nominative plural foraoisí or foraoiseacha)
- forest, timber
- 2007, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, An Prionsa Beag, Dublin: Read Ireland, →ISBN, p. 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.”
- Nuair a bhí mé sé bliana d’aois, chonaic mé, uair amháin, pictiúr iontach i leabhar i dtaobh na foraoise darbh ainm “Scéalta fíora.”
- 2007, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, translated by Breandán Ó Doibhlin, An Prionsa Beag, Dublin: Read Ireland, →ISBN, p. 1:
- retreat, recess; lair, den
Declension
Declension of foraois
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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- Alternative plural: foraoiseacha
Derived terms
- bainistíocht foraoisí (“forest management”)
- foraois bháistí (“rainforest”)
- 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
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foraís”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foraois”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “foraois”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024