fótashamhail

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- (“photo-”) +‎ samhail (“likeness, semblance, similitude; image, effigy, representation, model”).

Noun

fótashamhail f (genitive singular fótashamhla, nominative plural fótashamhlacha)

1. photofit, composite

Declension

Declension of fótashamhail

Third declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fótashamhail fótashamhlacha Vocative a fhótashamhail a fhótashamhlacha Genitive fótashamhla fótashamhlacha Dative fótashamhail fótashamhlacha

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhótashamhail na fótashamhlacha Genitive na fótashamhla na bhfótashamhlacha Dative leis an bhfótashamhail don fhótashamhail leis na fótashamhlacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fótashamhail	fhótashamhail	bhfótashamhail
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fótashamhail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024