fothaispeántas

fothaispeántas

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“secondary, subsidiary”) +‎ taispeántas (“demonstration, display, exhibition”).

Noun

fothaispeántas m (genitive singular fothaispeántais, nominative plural fothaispeántais)

1. side-show, midway

Declension

Declension of fothaispeántas

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fothaispeántas fothaispeántais Vocative a fhothaispeántais a fhothaispeántasa Genitive fothaispeántais fothaispeántas Dative fothaispeántas fothaispeántais

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fothaispeántas na fothaispeántais Genitive an fhothaispeántais na bhfothaispeántas Dative leis an bhfothaispeántas don fhothaispeántas leis na fothaispeántais

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fothaispeántas	fhothaispeántas	bhfothaispeántas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fothaispeántas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fothaispeántas” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fothaispeántas” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.