Scottish Gaelic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Irish foillsech (evident, visible; bright, ardent) (compare Irish follasach). By surface analysis, follais +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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follaiseach (genitive singular masculine follaisich, comparative follaisiche)

  1. apparent, obvious
  2. clear, evident
  3. public
    Synonym: poblach

Mutation

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Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
follaiseach fhollaiseach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “follaiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foillsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language