fothoghchán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ toghchán.

Noun

fothoghchán m (genitive singular fothoghcháin, nominative plural fothoghcháin)

1. (politics) by-election

Declension

Declension of fothoghchán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fothoghchán fothoghcháin Vocative a fhothoghcháin a fhothoghchána Genitive fothoghcháin fothoghchán Dative fothoghchán fothoghcháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fothoghchán na fothoghcháin Genitive an fhothoghcháin na bhfothoghchán Dative leis an bhfothoghchán don fhothoghchán leis na fothoghcháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fothoghchán	fhothoghchán	bhfothoghchán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fothoghchán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fothoghchán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fothoghchán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.