fuilleamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- fuille, fuilleadh
Etymology
From Old Irish fuillem. By surface analysis, fuill + -amh.
Noun
fuilleamh m (genitive singular fuillimh, nominative plural fuillimh)
- (literary) verbal noun of fuill (“add to, increase”)
- increase, interest
- (finance) investment
Declension
Declension of fuilleamh
First declension
Bare forms:
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Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fuilleamh | fhuilleamh | bhfuilleamh |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fuilleamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fuillem”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “accretion” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
Further reading
- Entries containing “fuilleamh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.