Irish

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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

Verb

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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
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Derived terms
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Further reading

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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

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fuaimnigh

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

Mutation

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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

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