fogamar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fogomur

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ gemred (“winter”), thus literally “sub-winter”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸoɣaβ̃ar]

Noun

fogamar m

1. autumn

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	fogamar	fogamarL	fogamairL
Vocative	fogamair	fogamarL	fogamaruH
Accusative	fogamarN	fogamarL	fogamaruH
Genitive	fogamairL	fogamar	fogamarN
Dative	fogamarL	fogamaraib	fogamaraib
Initial mutations of a following adjective: H = triggers aspiration L = triggers lenition N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fogamur
  • Irish: fómhar, fóghmhar (superseded)
  • Scottish Gaelic: foghar
  • Manx: fouyr

See also

(seasons) aimser; errach, samrad, fogamar, gaimred ^{(Category: sga:Seasons)}

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Nasalization
fogamar	ḟogamar	fogamar pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language