fo-shruth
See also: foshruth
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From fo- + sruth. Calque of English undercurrent.
Noun
fo-shruth m (genitive singular fo-shrutha, plural fo-shruthan)
- undercurrent
- 1856, Iain Caird, Diadhaidheachd am measg ghnothuichean an t-saoghail: searmoin. A liubhradh ann an tigh-aoraidh Chrathaidh, air 14ug de Mhios Dheirch an Fhoghairidh, 1855, Air bealthaohh na Banrighinn agus Prionnsa Albert, leis an Urrch Iain Caird, M.I. Ministear Earoil. Air a cur a mach air iarrtas na Banrighinn, agus a nis Air a h-eadar-theangachadh o’n Bheurla., Dun-Eidean: Paton and Ritchie, page 20:
- Is amhuil dh-fhaodas fo-shruth bhi fo ghluasadan uachdair ur beatha-sa;
- It is as if an undercurrent can be under the surface movements of your life;
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Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fo-shruth | fho-shruth |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
References
- Boyd Robertson; Ian Macdonald (2010) Essential Gaelic Dictionary, Teach Yourself, published 2012, →ISBN: “undercurrent n fo-shruth m; (met) faireachdainn f”.