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foscadh

foscadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Noun

foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)

  1. shelter (a refuge or other protection)
  2. (literary) shade

Declension

Synonyms

  • (shelter): fothain
  • (shade): scáth

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foscadh fhoscadh bhfoscadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • foscad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “foscaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "foscadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.