foláir
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish furóil (“superabundance, excess”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fʲlʲɑːɾˠ/ (as if spelled fleár)[1]
Noun edit
foláir f
- Only used in ní foláir
Mutation edit
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| foláir | fholáir | bhfoláir |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References edit
- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 479
Further reading edit
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foróil, furóil, fuláir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foláir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN