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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish foscad (“shadow; protection”), from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-skātu. Cognate with Welsh gwasgod (“shade; shelter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)
- shelter (a refuge or other protection)
- Synonym: fothain
- (literary) shade
- Synonym: scáth
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| foscadh
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fhoscadh
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bhfoscadh
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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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References
- ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foscad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
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