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Irish
Etymology
From fo- + fathach.
Noun
fo-fhathach m (genitive singular fo-fathaigh, nominative plural fo-fathaigh)
- (astronomy) subgiant
Declension
See also
Mutation
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-fhathach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fo-fhathach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fo-fhathach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024