foréigean

Irish

Alternative forms
  • foiréigean, fóiréigean[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish foréicen.[2] By surface analysis, for- +‎ éigean.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fˠɔɾˠˈeːɟɪnˠ/

Noun

foréigean m (genitive singular foréigin) or
foréigean f (genitive singular foréigne)

  1. violence

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of foréigean

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative foréigean
Vocative a fhoréigin
Genitive foréigin
Dative foréigean

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an foréigean
Genitive an fhoréigin
Dative leis an bhforéigean

don fhoréigean

As a feminine noun:

Declension of foréigean

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative foréigean
Vocative a fhoréigean
Genitive foréigne
Dative foréigean
foréigin (archaic, dialectal)

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhoréigean
Genitive na foréigne
Dative leis an bhforéigean
leis an bhforéigin (archaic, dialectal)

don fhoréigean
don fhoréigin (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms
  • foréigneach
  • foréigní
  • foréignigh

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

References
  1. “foréigean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foréicen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading
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