fonsa

See also: Fonsa

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fondsa.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠʌn̪ˠsˠə/

Noun

fonsa m (genitive singular fonsa, nominative plural fonsaí)

  1. hoop (for a cask, barrel etc.; in a woman's dress; in basketball); any circular band or ring
    tiomáin fonsa ― to trundle a hoop
  2. rim
  3. (Ulster) fence

Declension

Declension of fonsa (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fonsa fonsaí
vocative a fhonsa a fhonsaí
genitive fonsa fonsaí
dative fonsa fonsaí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fonsa na fonsaí
genitive an fhonsa na bhfonsaí
dative leis an bhfonsa
don fhonsa 		leis na fonsaí

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • fonsa tógála (“truss hoop”)
  • fonsóg f (“aureole (astronomy, geology)”)
  • fonsóir m (“cooper”)
  • iarann fonsa m (“hoop iron”)
  • lása fonsa m (“tambour lace”)
  • scian fonsa f (“drawing knife”)
  • sna fonsaí tógála (“in the works, on the anvil”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fonsa
radical lenition eclipsis
fonsa fhonsa bhfonsa

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

References

  1. ^ “fonsa”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fonnsa”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

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