fuaimnigh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuəmʲnʲə/, /ˈfˠuəmʲnʲiː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish *fúaimnigid.[1] By surface analysis, fuaim +‎ -nigh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fuaimnich.

Verb

fuaimnigh (present analytic fuaimníonn, future analytic fuaimneoidh, verbal noun fuaimniú, past participle fuaimnithe)

  1. to sound (convey an impression by sound)
  2. to pronounce, articulate, enunciate
  3. to resound
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fuaimnigh

  1. inflection of fuaimneach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuaimnigh
radical lenition eclipsis
fuaimnigh fhuaimnigh bhfuaimnigh

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), “fúaimnigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language