foirgneamh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fairgneadh, fairgneamh, fáirgneamh, foirgint, foirgneadh, fóirgneamh

Etymology

From Middle Irish forgnem, from Old Irish for- (from *uɸor-) + gním.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟənʲəvˠ/
  • (Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟnʲəvˠ/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟnʲuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠʌɾʲɪɟnʲu/

Noun

foirgneamh m (genitive singular foirgnimh, nominative plural foirgnimh)

  1. building, structure
  2. act of building
  3. nesting place

Declension

Declension of foirgneamh (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative foirgneamh foirgnimh
vocative a fhoirgnimh a fhoirgneamha
genitive foirgnimh foirgneamh
dative foirgneamh foirgnimh
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an foirgneamh na foirgnimh
genitive an fhoirgnimh na bhfoirgneamh
dative leis an bhfoirgneamh
don fhoirgneamh 		leis na foirgnimh
  • foirgneoir (“builder”)
  • foirgnigh (“build”, verb)

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirgneamh
radical lenition eclipsis
foirgneamh fhoirgneamh bhfoirgneamh

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

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