follas
See also: follás
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish follus (“manifest, evident, clear, open”).
Adjective
follas (genitive singular masculine follais, genitive singular feminine foilse, plural follasa, comparative foilse)
- clear, evident; open
Declension
Declension of follas
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | follas | fhollas | follasa; fhollasa² | |
| Vocative | fhollais | follasa | ||
| Genitive | foilse | follasa | follas | |
| Dative | follas; fhollas¹ | fhollas; fhollais (archaic) | follasa; fhollasa² | |
| Comparative | níos foilse | |||
| Superlative | is foilse | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- follasach (“clear, evident, open, plain”)
- follasú m (“discovery”)
Related terms
- anfhollas (“unclear”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| follas | fhollas | bhfollas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- "follas" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “follus” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Spanish
Verb
follas
- Informal second-person singular (tú) present indicative form of follar.