fodha

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fóu. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfo.ə/
• (Barra) IPA^(key): [ˈfoˑ.ʌ]
• Hyphenation: fodh‧a

Adverb

fodha

1. down, underneath, sunken

   Chaidh am bàta fodha. ― The boat sank. (literally, “The boat went down.”)

Pronoun

fodha

1. third-person singular masculine of fo: under him, under it

Inflection

Personal inflection of fo
Number	Person	Simple	Emphatic
Singular	1st	fodham	fodhamsa
	2nd	fodhad	fodhadsa
	3rd m	fodha	fodhasan
	3rd f	fòidhpe	fòidhpese
Plural	1st	fodhainn	fodhainne
	2nd	fodhaibh	fodhaibhse
	3rd	fòdhpa	fòdhpasan

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307