fothair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foithir, possibly from fo + tír.

Noun

fothair f (genitive singular foithre, nominative plural foithreacha)

1. dingle

Declension

Declension of fothair (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fothair foithreacha vocative a fhothair a fhoithreacha genitive foithre foithreacha dative fothair foithreacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhothair na foithreacha genitive na foithre na bhfoithreacha dative leis an bhfothair don fhothair leis na foithreacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothair

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fothair	fhothair	bhfothair

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foithir, fuither”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fothair”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN