féinchaomhnú

Irish

Etymology

From féin- +‎ caomhnú.

Noun

féinchaomhnú m (genitive singular féinchaomhnaithe)

1. self-preservation

Declension

Declension of féinchaomhnú (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative féinchaomhnú vocative a fhéinchaomhnú genitive féinchaomhnaithe dative féinchaomhnú forms with the definite article case singular nominative an féinchaomhnú genitive an fhéinchaomhnaithe dative leis an bhféinchaomhnú don fhéinchaomhnú

Mutation

Mutated forms of féinchaomhnú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
féinchaomhnú	fhéinchaomhnú	bhféinchaomhnú

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “féinchaomhnú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “féinchaomhnú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “féinchaomhnú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025