foitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Noun

foitheach m (genitive singular foithigh, nominative plural foithigh)

  1. diver; grebe

Declension
Declension of foitheach

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative foitheach foithigh
Vocative a fhoithigh a fhoitheacha
Genitive foithigh foitheach
Dative foitheach foithigh

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an foitheach na foithigh
Genitive an fhoithigh na bhfoitheach
Dative leis an bhfoitheach

don fhoitheach

 leis na foithigh

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foitheach fhoitheach bhfoitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “grebe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
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