fotheideal

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ teideal, calque of English subtitle.

Noun

fotheideal m (genitive singular fotheidil, nominative plural fotheidil)

1. subheading, subhead

   Synonyms: fo-cheannteideal, fo-rúibric, fo-mhírcheann

2. caption (below picture)

   Synonym: foscríbhinn

3. (cinematography) subtitle, caption

Declension

Declension of fotheideal

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fotheideal fotheidil Vocative a fhotheidil a fhotheideala Genitive fotheidil fotheideal Dative fotheideal fotheidil

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fotheideal na fotheidil Genitive an fhotheidil na bhfotheideal Dative leis an bhfotheideal don fhotheideal leis na fotheidil

Derived terms

• fotheidealaigh
• fotheidealaithe
• fotheidealóir
• fotheidealú

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fotheideal	fhotheideal	bhfotheideal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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