fothram

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fothromm,[2] alteration of fothronn,[3] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-toranos (literally “sub-thunder”); compare Middle Welsh godaran (“noisy, clamorous”).[4] The change from -nn to -m may have been influence from fuaim (“sound”) or trom (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fothram m (genitive singular fothraim)

  1. noise, din

Declension

Declension of fothram (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fothram
vocative a fhothraim
genitive fothraim
dative fothram
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fothram
genitive an fhothraim
dative leis an bhfothram
don fhothram

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothram
radical lenition eclipsis
fothram fhothram bhfothram

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

References

  1. ^ “fothram”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothromm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothronn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “godaran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  5. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 231, page 117

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