foinse

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Irish

Pronunciation

(Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʷiːnʲʃə/

Noun

foinse f (genitive singular foinse, nominative plural foinsí)

source, origin
spring, fountainhead

Declension

Declension of foinse

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	foinse	foinsí
Vocative	a fhoinse	a fhoinsí
Genitive	foinse	foinsí
Dative	foinse	foinsí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhoinse	na foinsí
Genitive	na foinse	na bhfoinsí
Dative	leis an bhfoinse don fhoinse	leis na foinsí

Derived terms

foinse oscailte (“open source”)
foinse the (“hot spring”)
foinseach (“source, original”)
foinsigh (“well up, spring forth”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foinse	fhoinse	bhfoinse
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foinse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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