fód

See also: fod, FOD, fòd, föd, főd, and fød

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Connacht) IPA^(key): /fˠoːd̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠɔːd̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fót, of unknown origin. MacBain tentatively reconstructs a Proto-Celtic *wontos, but with no cognates outside Goidelic or plausible Indo-European etymology, that is mere speculation.

Noun

fód m (genitive singular fóid, nominative plural fóid or fóda)

1. sod
2. strip of soil
3. layer of sods
4. layer of earth
5. spot (of ground), place
6. piece, chunk

Declension

Declension of fód

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fód fóid Vocative a fhóid a fhóda Genitive fóid fód Dative fód fóid

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fód na fóid Genitive an fhóid na bhfód Dative leis an bhfód don fhód leis na fóid

Derived terms

• claonfhód m (“sloping sod; sod turned against slope of hill”)
• cnámhfhód
• faoi fhód
• fódach
• fódaigh
• fódán
• fódbhán
• fódchiseal
• fódfhairsing
• fódmhar
• fódóireacht
• fódú
• fódúil
• mórfhód

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fód”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fód”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fód”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024

Etymology 2

See faoi, do.

Contraction

fód

1. (dialectal) Contraction of fó do (“under/about your sg”).

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fód	fhód	bhfód
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.