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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

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

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuacht fhuacht bhfuacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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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