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Irish
Noun
foich f (genitive singular foiche, nominative plural foichí)
- Alternative form of foiche (“wasp”)
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| foich
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fhoich
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bhfoich
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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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Old Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.
Noun
foich f (genitive focha, nominative plural foichi)
- wasp
- cankerworm
Inflection
| Feminine i-stem
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Singular
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Dual
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Plural
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| Nominative
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foich
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foichL
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foichiH
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| Vocative
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foich
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foichL
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foichiH
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| Accusative
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foichN
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foichL
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foichiH
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| Genitive
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fochoH, fochaH
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fochoH, fochaH
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foicheN
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| Dative
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foichL
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foichib
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foichib
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Initial mutations of a following adjective:
- H = triggers aspiration
- L = triggers lenition
- N = triggers nasalization
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Descendants
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation
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| Radical |
Lenition |
Nasalization
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| foich
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ḟoich
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foich
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/
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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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