fuireachas
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- fuireachan, fuireachras
- furachas (Ulster)
- fuireachrus, fuirechrus, furachras, furachrus, furachus, furchas (obsolete)[1]
Etymology
[edit]Dissimilated from earlier fuireachras, from Middle Irish furachrus.[2] By surface analysis, fuireachair + -as. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic furachas.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɪɾʲəxəsˠ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠʌɾˠaxəsˠ/[3] (corresponding to the form furachas)
Noun
[edit]fuireachas m (genitive singular fuireachais)
- (act of) expecting, expectation, (act of) waiting for
- watchfulness, vigilance, cautiousness
- (military) stand-to
Declension
[edit]Declension of fuireachas
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fuireachas | fhuireachas | bhfuireachas |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “fuireachas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fuirechras, furachras”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 24
Further reading
[edit]- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuireaċas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuireachas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN