foiche

Irish

foiche

Alternative forms

• fóch, foich, foichthe, foithe, fothach, puch

Etymology

From Old Irish foich, from Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.

Noun

foiche f (genitive singular foiche, nominative plural foichí)

1. wasp

Declension

Declension of foiche

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative foiche foichí Vocative a fhoiche a fhoichí Genitive foiche foichí Dative foiche foichí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhoiche na foichí Genitive na foiche na bhfoichí Dative leis an bhfoiche don fhoiche leis na foichí

Derived terms

• cornfhoiche

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foiche	fhoiche	bhfoiche
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “foich(e)”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foiche”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN