fothruicear

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ truicear (“trigger”).

Noun

fothruicear m (genitive singular fothruicir, nominative plural fothruicir)

1. secondary trigger, (type of) hair trigger

Declension

Declension of fothruicear

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fothruicear fothruicir Vocative a fhothruicir a fhothruiceara Genitive fothruicir fothruicear Dative fothruicear fothruicir

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fothruicear na fothruicir Genitive an fhothruicir na bhfothruicear Dative leis an bhfothruicear don fhothruicear leis na fothruicir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fothruicear	fhothruicear	bhfothruicear
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fothruicear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fothruicear”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm