fágtha

Irish

Pronunciation

Adjective

fágtha

  1. left, abandoned, forsaken
  2. left behind, lagging
  3. backward, unprogressive
  4. helpless
  5. good-for-nothing

Participle

fágtha

  1. past participle of fág (“leave”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fágtha
radical lenition eclipsis
fágtha fhágtha bhfágtha

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 20
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 104

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