fuacht

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Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úacht, ócht. The f- arose from a reinterpretation of uacht as fhuacht in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

Noun

fuacht m (genitive singular fuachta)

  1. cold
  2. chill
  3. apathy

Declension

Declension of fuacht (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative fuacht
vocative a fhuacht
genitive fuachta
dative fuacht
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fuacht
genitive an fhuachta
dative leis an bhfuacht
don fhuacht

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fuacht
radical lenition eclipsis
fuacht fhuacht bhfuacht

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

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 67, page 29

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