fóibe

See also: foibe

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Noun

fóibe f (genitive singular fóibe, nominative plural fóibí)

1. phobia

Declension

Declension of fóibe

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fóibe fóibí Vocative a fhóibe a fhóibí Genitive fóibe fóibí Dative fóibe fóibí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhóibe na fóibí Genitive na fóibe na bhfóibí Dative leis an bhfóibe don fhóibe leis na fóibí

Derived terms

• acrafóibe
• agrafóibe
• aracnafóibe
• clástrafóibe
• hidreafóibe
• homafóibe
• seineafóibe

 

Related terms

• -fóbach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fóibe	fhóibe	bhfóibe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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