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Irish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Irish fót, of unknown origin. MacBain tentatively reconstructs a Proto-Celtic *wontos,[2] but with no cognates outside Goidelic or plausible Indo-European etymology, that is mere speculation.
Noun
fód m (genitive singular fóid, nominative plural fóid or fóda)
- sod
- strip of soil
- layer of sods
- layer of earth
- spot (of ground), place
- piece, chunk
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fód”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fód”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fód”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
Etymology 2
See faoi, do.
Contraction
fód
- (dialectal) Contraction of fó do (“under/about your sg”).
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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fód
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fhód
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bhfód
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Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
- ^ MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fód”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN