foscadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• fascadh (Galway, Ulster)

Etymology

From Old Irish foscad (“shadow; protection”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-skātu. Cognate with Welsh gwasgod (“shade; shelter”).

Pronunciation

• (Aran) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɑsˠkə/ (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠasˠkə/ (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠasˠku/ (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)

Noun

foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)

1. shelter (a refuge or other protection)

   Synonym: fothain

2. (literary) shade

   Synonym: scáth

Declension

Declension of foscadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foscadh foscaí Vocative a fhoscaidh a fhoscaí Genitive foscaidh foscaí Dative foscadh foscaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foscadh na foscaí Genitive an fhoscaidh na bhfoscaí Dative leis an bhfoscadh don fhoscadh leis na foscaí

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foscadh	fhoscadh	bhfoscadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foscaḋ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foscadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN