feamnach

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish femnach.[1] By surface analysis, feamainn +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Noun

feamnach f (genitive singular feamnaí)

  1. (collective) seaweed

Declension

Declension of feamnach (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative feamnach
vocative a fheamnach
genitive feamnaí
dative feamnach
feamnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fheamnach
genitive na feamnaí
dative leis an bhfeamnach
leis an bhfeamnaigh (archaic, dialectal)
don fheamnach
don fheamnaigh (archaic, dialectal)

Mutation

Mutated forms of feamnach
radical lenition eclipsis
feamnach fheamnach bhfeamnach

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “femnach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 261, page 133
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 295, page 105

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

feamnach f

  1. genitive singular of feamainn

Mutation

Mutation of feamnach
radical lenition
feamnach fheamnach

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

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