dà-fhoghar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) +‎ foghar (“phone”).

Noun

dà-fhoghar m (genitive singular dà-fhoghair, plural dà-fhogharan)

1. (phonetics) diphthong

Synonyms

• dà-ghuth
• dà-ghuthach
• dà-phunc

Related terms

• dà-ghuthach, dà-phuncach (“diphthongal”)

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “dà-fhoghar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN