fonsa

See also: Fonsa

Irish

Alternative forms

• fonnsa, fúnsa (superseded)
• funnsa, funsa (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish fondsa.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʌn̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

fonsa m (genitive singular fonsa, nominative plural fonsaí)

1. hoop (for a cask, barrel etc.; in a woman's dress; in basketball); any circular band or ring

   tiomáin fonsa ― to trundle a hoop

2. rim
3. (Ulster) fence

Declension

Declension of fonsa

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fonsa fonsaí Vocative a fhonsa a fhonsaí Genitive fonsa fonsaí Dative fonsa fonsaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fonsa na fonsaí Genitive an fhonsa na bhfonsaí Dative leis an bhfonsa don fhonsa leis na fonsaí

Synonyms

• (rim): imeall
• (fence): claí, fál

Derived terms

• fonsa tógála (“truss hoop”)
• fonsóg f (“aureole (astronomy, geology)”)
• fonsóir m (“cooper”)
• iarann fonsa m (“hoop iron”)
• lása fonsa m (“tambour lace”)
• scian fonsa f (“drawing knife”)
• sna fonsaí tógála (“in the works, on the anvil”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fonsa	fhonsa	bhfonsa
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fonnsa”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 329
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fonsa”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN