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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamar, fogomur (“autumn”).[1] Compare Scottish Gaelic foghar, Manx fouyr.
Pronunciation
Noun
fómhar m (genitive singular fómhair, nominative plural fómhair)
- autumn, fall; harvest season
- harvest (of crop, work)
- (as verbal noun, ag ~) harvesting
Declension
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Mutation
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fómhar
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fhómhar
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bhfómhar
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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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See also
References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 30, page 15
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