fónamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- fónadh
- foghnadh, fóghnadh, foghnamh, fóghnamh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish fognam, verbal noun of fo·gní. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠoːn̪ˠəvˠ/, [ˈfˠõːn̪ˠəvˠ]
Noun
fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)
- verbal noun of fóin
- serving (act), (rendering) service
- utility, usefulness
Declension
As a substantive:
Declension of fónamh
First declension
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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As a verbal noun:
Declension of fónamh
Irregular
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
| Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- ar fónamh (“in good condition, well”)
- gan fónamh (“useless, shiftless”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fónamh | fhónamh | bhfónamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “fónamh” 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), “fognam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- “foġnaṁ” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 323.
- "fónamh" 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 28