foinse

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish foinsi n pl (“wells, springs”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʷiːnʲʃə/

Noun

foinse f (genitive singular foinse, nominative plural foinsí)

1. source, origin
2. spring, fountainhead

Declension

Declension of foinse

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative foinse foinsí Vocative a fhoinse a fhoinsí Genitive foinse foinsí Dative foinse foinsí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhoinse na foinsí Genitive na foinse na bhfoinsí Dative leis an bhfoinse don fhoinse leis na foinsí

Derived terms

• foinse abhann (“river-head”)
• foinse oscailte (“open source”)
• foinse the (“hot spring”)
• foinseach (“source, original”, adjective)
• foinsigh (“well up, spring forth”, verb)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foinse	fhoinse	bhfoinse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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