fosgladh

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis, Barra) IPA(key): /ˈfɤskl̪ˠəɣ/[1], [ˈfʌskl̪ˠəɣ][2]
  • (Uist) IPA(key): /ˈfɔskl̪ˠəɣ/

Noun

fosgladh m (genitive singular fosglaidh, plural fosglaidhean)

  1. verbal noun of fosgail
  2. opening, orifice

Declension

Declension of fosgladh (type I masculine noun)
indefinite
singular plural
nominative fosgladh fosglaidhean
genitive fosglaidh fhosglaidhean
dative fosgladh fosglaidhean; fosglaidhibh
definite
singular plural
nominative (am) fosgladh (na) fosglaidhean
genitive (an) fhosglaidh (nam) fosglaidhean
dative (an) fhosgladh (na) fosglaidhean; fosglaidhibh
vocative fhosglaidh fhosglaidhean

obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of fosgladh
radical lenition
fosgladh fhosgladh

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

References

  1. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937) The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 83