foitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

• faocha f
• foithíoch m

Etymology

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Noun

foitheach m (genitive singular foithigh, nominative plural foithigh)

1. diver; grebe

Declension

Declension of foitheach

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foitheach foithigh Vocative a fhoithigh a fhoitheacha Genitive foithigh foitheach Dative foitheach foithigh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foitheach na foithigh Genitive an fhoithigh na bhfoitheach Dative leis an bhfoitheach don fhoitheach leis na foithigh

Derived terms

• foitheach cluasach (“Slavonian grebe”)
• foitheach mór (“great crested grebe”)
• foitheach píbdhubh (“black-necked grebe”)
• foitheach rua (“red-throated diver”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foitheach	fhoitheach	bhfoitheach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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