faoiseamh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáes(s)am (“supporting, protection, safeguard”), from Old Irish fóesam, verbal noun of Old Irish fo·sisedar (“to stand under, confess”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːʃəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːʃuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːʃu/

Noun

faoiseamh m (genitive singular faoisimh)

1. relief, alleviation, ease

Declension

Declension of faoiseamh

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative faoiseamh Vocative a fhaoisimh Genitive faoisimh Dative faoiseamh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an faoiseamh Genitive an fhaoisimh Dative leis an bhfaoiseamh don fhaoiseamh

Derived terms

• faoiseamh cánach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faoiseamh	fhaoiseamh	bhfaoiseamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faoiseamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “faoiseamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faoiseamh” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fáes(s)am”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 47
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28