Irish edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish fo·loing.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠʊlˠən̠ʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɨ̞lʲən̠ʲ/, /ˈfˠɪl̠ʲən̠ʲ/ (as if spelled fuil(l)ing)

Verb edit

fulaing (present analytic fulaingíonn, future analytic fulaingeoidh, verbal noun fulaingt, past participle fulaingthe) (transitive, intransitive)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) bear (put up with), endure, suffer, tolerate
  2. (transitive, literary) support
    1. sustain
    2. maintain, provide for

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

  • fulangach (suffering; enduring, patient, passive; tolerant, forbearing, adjective)
  • fulangacht f (capacity for suffering; passiveness, toleration)
  • fulangaí m (sufferer, long-suffering person; prop, support)

Noun edit

fulaing f (genitive singular fulaingthe)

  1. Alternative form of fulaingt ((capacity for) suffering; endurance, tolerance, forbearance; support, prop)

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fulaing fhulaing bhfulaing
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading edit

Old Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

fulaing

  1. inflection of fulang:
    1. vocative/genitive singular
    2. nominative plural

Verb edit

·fulaing

  1. third-person singular present indicative prototonic of fo·loing

Mutation edit

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
(·)fulaing (·)ḟulaing (·)fulaing
pronounced with /-v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Scottish Gaelic edit

Verb edit

fulaing

  1. Alternative form of fuiling