folach

folach

Irish

Alternative forms

• falach

Etymology

From Old Irish folach, verbal noun of fo·luigi.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠəˈl̪ˠax/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠəx/, /ˈfˠalˠəx/ (corresponding to the alternative form falach)
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔlˠax/, /ˈfˠalˠax/[1] (corresponding to the alternative form falach)

Noun

folach m (genitive singular folaigh)

1. hiding

Declension

Declension of folach

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative folach Vocative a fholaigh Genitive folaigh Dative folach

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an folach Genitive an fholaigh Dative leis an bhfolach don fholach

Derived terms

• i bhfolach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folach	fholach	bhfolach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “folach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “1 folach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “folaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page {{{1}}}.
• "folach" 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 14