fothair

fothair

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish foithir, possibly from fo + tír.

Noun

fothair f (genitive singular foithre, nominative plural foithreacha)

1. dingle

Declension

Declension of fothair

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fothair foithreacha Vocative a fhothair a fhoithreacha Genitive foithre foithreacha Dative fothair foithreacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhothair na foithreacha Genitive na foithre na bhfoithreacha Dative leis an bhfothair don fhothair leis na foithreacha

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fothair	fhothair	bhfothair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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