Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Irish foglaimid (to learn), derived from Old Irish foglaimm (learning), the verbal noun of fo·gleinn (gather, collect; learn, study).[1]

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

foghlaim (present analytic foghlaimíonn, future analytic foghlaimeoidh, verbal noun foghlaim, past participle foghlamtha)

  1. learn
  2. (nonstandard) teach
    Synonym: múin

Conjugation edit

Derived terms edit

Noun edit

foghlaim f (genitive singular as substantive foghlama, genitive as verbal noun foghlamtha)

  1. verbal noun of foghlaim
  2. learning
  3. instruction

Declension edit

Verbal noun
Substantive

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foghlaim fhoghlaim bhfoghlaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foglaimid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194

Further reading edit

Scottish Gaelic edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish foglaimm, verbal noun of fo·gleinn (gather, collect; learn, study).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

foghlaim (past dh'fhoghlaim, future foghlaimidh, verbal noun foghlam, past participle foghlaimte)

  1. learn, educate, teach, discipline
  2. teach

Conjugation edit

Mutation edit

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
foghlaim fhoghlaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.