foscadh

foscadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• fascadh (Cois Fharraige)

Etymology

From Old Irish foscad (“shadow; protection”), from fo- + scáth (“shade, shadow”).

Pronunciation

• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠasˠkə/ (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)

Noun

foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)

1. shelter (a refuge or other protection)
2. (literary) shade

Declension

Declension of foscadh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foscadh foscaí Vocative a fhoscaidh a fhoscaí Genitive foscaidh foscaí Dative foscadh foscaí

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foscadh na foscaí Genitive an fhoscaidh na bhfoscaí Dative leis an bhfoscadh don fhoscadh leis na foscaí

Synonyms

• (shelter): fothain
• (shade): scáth

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foscadh	fhoscadh	bhfoscadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• “foscaḋ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 2nd ed., 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.

Further reading

• “foscad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• "foscadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.