fothain

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fathain, foithin, fuithin, fuithint

Etymology

From Middle Irish foithin.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɪhənʲ/[1] (corresponding to the form foithin or fuithin)

Noun

fothain f (genitive singular fothana)

  1. shelter
    Synonym: foscadh
    faoi fhothain ― sheltered, screened
  2. covert (hiding place)
  3. lee
    taobh na fothana ― the leeward side
  4. secret-keeping ability
    Níl aon fhothain ionam.
    I can’t keep a secret.
    (literally, “There is no secret-keeping ability in me.”)

Declension

Declension of fothain (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fothain
vocative a fhothain
genitive fothana
dative fothain
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhothain
genitive na fothana
dative leis an bhfothain
don fhothain

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothain
radical lenition eclipsis
fothain fhothain bhfothain

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 71

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