foleagan

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ leagan.

Noun

foleagan m (genitive singular foleagain, nominative plural foleaganacha)

1. (printing) underlay, underlap

Declension

Declension of foleagan

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foleagan foleaganacha Vocative a fholeagain a fholeaganacha Genitive foleagain foleaganacha Dative foleagan foleaganacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foleagan na foleaganacha Genitive an fholeagain na bhfoleaganacha Dative leis an bhfoleagan don fholeagan leis na foleaganacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foleagan	fholeagan	bhfoleagan
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foleagan”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “foleagan” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.