Irish
Etymology
From fuaim (“sound”) + tonn (“wave”)
Noun
fuaimthonn f (genitive singular fuaimthoinne, nominative plural fuaimthonnta)
- sound wave
Declension
Declension of fuaimthonn (second declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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fuaimthonn
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fuaimthonnta
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| vocative
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a fhuaimthonn
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a fhuaimthonnta
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| genitive
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fuaimthoinne
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fuaimthonnta
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| dative
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fuaimthonn fuaimthoinn (in certain phrases)
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fuaimthonnta
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Mutation
Mutated forms of fuaimthonn
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| fuaimthonn
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fhuaimthonn
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bhfuaimthonn
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
- “fuaimthonn”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025