faocham

faocham

Irish

Etymology

Quiggin suggests it may be connected to fuachais, uachais (“burrow, cavity”).[1]

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːxəmˠ/, (older) /ˈfˠɯːxəmˠ/

Noun

faocham m (genitive singular faochaim, nominative plural faochaim)

1. wormhole (in a potato)

Declension

Declension of faocham

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative faocham faochaim Vocative a fhaochaim a fhaochama Genitive faochaim faocham Dative faocham faochaim

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an faocham na faochaim Genitive an fhaochaim na bhfaocham Dative leis an bhfaocham don fhaocham leis na faochaim

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faocham	fhaocham	bhfaocham
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “faoċam” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• "faocham" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

References

1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29