fómhar

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word fómhar. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word fómhar, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say fómhar in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word fómhar you have here. The definition of the word fómhar will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition offómhar, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamar, fogomur (“autumn”).[1] Compare Scottish Gaelic foghar, Manx fouyr.

Pronunciation

Noun

fómhar m (genitive singular fómhair, nominative plural fómhair)

  1. autumn, fall; harvest season
  2. harvest (of crop, work)
  3. (as verbal noun, ag ~) harvesting

Declension

Declension of fómhar (first declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative fómhar fómhair
vocative a fhómhair a fhómhara
genitive fómhair fómhar
dative fómhar fómhair
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fómhar na fómhair
genitive an fhómhair na bhfómhar
dative leis an bhfómhar
don fhómhar 		leis na fómhair

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fómhar
radical lenition eclipsis
fómhar fhómhar bhfómhar

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

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”) samhradh (“summer”) fómhar (“autumn”) geimhreadh (“winter”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 30, page 15

Further reading

Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia