foradh

Irish

Alternative forms

• fara

Etymology

From Middle Irish forad (“mound, platform”); cognate with Scottish Gaelic faradh. Doublet of fara.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠuː/

Noun

foradh m (genitive singular foraidh, nominative plural foraidh)

1. (literary) roost, elevated seat, loft

Declension

Declension of foradh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foradh foraidh Vocative a fhoraidh a fhoradha Genitive foraidh foradh Dative foradh foraidh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foradh na foraidh Genitive an fhoraidh na bhforadh Dative leis an bhforadh don fhoradh leis na foraidh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foradh	fhoradh	bhforadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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