foiche

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Irish

foiche

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish foich, from Proto-Brythonic *gwüxī, from Proto-Celtic *woxsī, from Proto-Indo-European *wóps.

Noun

foiche f (genitive singular foiche, nominative plural foichí)

  1. wasp

Declension

Declension of foiche (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative foiche foichí
vocative a fhoiche a fhoichí
genitive foiche foichí
dative foiche foichí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhoiche na foichí
genitive na foiche na bhfoichí
dative leis an bhfoiche
don fhoiche
leis na foichí

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of foiche
radical lenition eclipsis
foiche fhoiche bhfoiche

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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