Irish edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Middle Irish *fúaimnigid.[1] By surface analysis, fuaim +‎ -nigh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fuaimnich.

Verb edit

fuaimnigh (present analytic fuaimníonn, future analytic fuaimneoidh, verbal noun fuaimniú, past participle fuaimnithe)

  1. to sound (convey an impression by sound)
  2. to pronounce, articulate, enunciate
  3. to resound
Conjugation edit
Derived terms edit
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Further reading edit

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective edit

fuaimnigh

  1. inflection of fuaimneach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuaimnigh fhuaimnigh bhfuaimnigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fúaimnigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language