fosciorta

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ sciorta (“skirt”).

Noun

fosciorta m (genitive singular fosciorta, nominative plural fosciortaí)

1. underskirt

Declension

Declension of fosciorta

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fosciorta fosciortaí Vocative a fhosciorta a fhosciortaí Genitive fosciorta fosciortaí Dative fosciorta fosciortaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fosciorta na fosciortaí Genitive an fhosciorta na bhfosciortaí Dative leis an bhfosciorta don fhosciorta leis na fosciortaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fosciorta	fhosciorta	bhfosciorta
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fosciorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fosciorta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• “underskirt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024