fuadach
Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fúatach.
Pronunciation
- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuəd̪ˠəx/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuəd̪ˠa(x)/
Noun
fuadach m (genitive singular fuadaigh, nominative plural fuadaigh)
- verbal noun of fuadaigh
- abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being), kidnapping
- snatching away, snatching up, plundering
- rape
- Synonym: éigniú
- hijacking
- (draughts) huff (removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece)
Declension
Declension of fuadach
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- fuadach croí (“heavy beating of the heart, palpitation”)
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fuadach | fhuadach | bhfuadach |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “fuadach” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fúatach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “fuadaċ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 336.
- "fuadach" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 15