folamh

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish folam, falam.[1]

Pronunciation

Adjective

folamh (genitive singular masculine folaimh, genitive singular feminine foilmhe, plural folmha, comparative foilmhe)

  1. empty
  2. empty-handed
    Nuair a thiocas an bás ní imeoidh sé folamh.
    When death comes, it won’t leave empty-handed.

Declension

Declension of folamh
singular plural (m/f)
Positive masculine feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
nominative folamh fholamh folmha;
fholmha2
vocative fholaimh folmha
genitive foilmhe folmha folamh
dative folamh;
fholamh1 		fholamh;
fholaimh (archaic) 		folmha;
fholmha2
Comparative níos foilmhe
Superlative is foilmhe

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

  • foilmhe f (“emptiness, blankness”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of folamh
radical lenition eclipsis
folamh fholamh bhfolamh

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “1 folam, falam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 89

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