foleagan

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Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ leagan.

Noun

foleagan m (genitive singular foleagain, nominative plural foleaganacha)

  1. (printing) underlay, underlap

Declension

Declension of foleagan (first declension)
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an foleagan na foleaganacha
genitive an fholeagain na bhfoleaganacha
dative leis an bhfoleagan
don fholeagan
leis na foleaganacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of foleagan
radical lenition eclipsis
foleagan fholeagan bhfoleagan

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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