foradh

foradh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish forad (“mound, platform”); cognate with Scottish Gaelic faradh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠə/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠu/[1]

Noun

foradh m (genitive singular foraidh, nominative plural foraidh)

1. (literary) roost, elevated seat, loft

Declension

Declension of foradh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foradh foraidh Vocative a fhoraidh a fhoradha Genitive foraidh foradh Dative foradh foraidh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foradh na foraidh Genitive an fhoraidh na bhforadh Dative leis an bhforadh don fhoradh leis na foraidh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foradh	fhoradh	bhforadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “foradh” 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) , “forad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “foraḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 329.
• "foradh" 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 7.