fostaí

Irish

Etymology

From fostaigh +‎ -aí.

Noun

fostaí m (genitive singular fostaí, nominative plural fostaithe)

1. employee

Declension

Declension of fostaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fostaí fostaithe Vocative a fhostaí a fhostaithe Genitive fostaí fostaithe Dative fostaí fostaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fostaí na fostaithe Genitive an fhostaí na bhfostaithe Dative leis an bhfostaí don fhostaí leis na fostaithe

Related terms

• féinfhostaíocht
• fostóir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fostaí	fhostaí	bhfostaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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