Irish

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Etymology

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From fo- +‎ struchtúr.

Noun

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fostruchtúr m (genitive singular fostruchtúir, nominative plural fostruchtúir)

  1. (construction, engineering, sciences) substructure

Declension

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Declension of fostruchtúr (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fostruchtúr fostruchtúir
vocative a fhostruchtúir a fhostruchtúra
genitive fostruchtúir fostruchtúr
dative fostruchtúr fostruchtúir
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fostruchtúr na fostruchtúir
genitive an fhostruchtúir na bhfostruchtúr
dative leis an bhfostruchtúr
don fhostruchtúr
leis na fostruchtúir

Mutation

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Mutated forms of fostruchtúr
radical lenition eclipsis
fostruchtúr fhostruchtúr bhfostruchtúr

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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  • fostruchtúr”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025