fésócach

Middle Irish

Etymology

From fésóc (“beard”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

fésócach

1. bearded

Descendants

• Irish: féasógach
• Manx: faasaagagh
• Scottish Gaelic: feusagach

Mutation

Mutation of fésócach

radical	lenition	nasalization
fésócach	ḟésócach	fésócach pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fésócach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language