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fo-

fo-

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fo"

Irish

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-, hypo-, secondary, subsidiary
  2. minor, lesser; light, trivial
  3. odd, occasional

Derived terms

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fo- fho- bhfo-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "fo-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “fo, fa, fá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Manx

Etymology

From fo, from Old Irish fo ‎(“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Manx_words_prefixed_with_fo-'>Manx words prefixed with fo-</a>

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fo- o- vo-
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “fo, fa, fá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • fu-

Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *uɸo-. Prefix form of fo.

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Old_Irish_words_prefixed_with_fo-'>Old Irish words prefixed with fo-</a>

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
fo- ḟo- fo-
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “fo, fa, fá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From fo, from Old Irish fo ‎(“under, beneath; towards, into, through; throughout, over; on, about, around”).

Prefix

fo-

  1. sub-, under-, infra-

Derived terms

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Scottish_Gaelic_words_prefixed_with_fo-'>Scottish Gaelic words prefixed with fo-</a>

References

  • “fo, fa, fá” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Etymology

From Old Irish fo ‎(“under, beneath; about, around”) (compare modern faoi), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo, from Proto-Indo-European *upo ‎(“under, up from under”).

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