follaiseach
Scottish Gaelic edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish foillsech (“evident, visible; bright, ardent”) (compare Irish follasach). By surface analysis, follais + -ach.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
follaiseach (genitive singular masculine follaisich, comparative follaisiche)
Mutation edit
| 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 edit
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “follaiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary][1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foillsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language