fóibe

See also: foibe

Irish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φόβος (phóbos, “fear”).

Noun

fóibe f (genitive singular fóibe, nominative plural fóibí)

1. phobia

Declension

Declension of fóibe (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fóibe fóibí vocative a fhóibe a fhóibí genitive fóibe fóibí dative fóibe fóibí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhóibe na fóibí genitive na fóibe na bhfóibí dative leis an bhfóibe don fhóibe leis na fóibí

Derived terms

• acrafóibe
• agrafóibe
• aracnafóibe
• clástrafóibe
• hidreafóibe
• homafóibe
• seineafóibe

 

Related terms

• -fóbach

Mutation

Mutated forms of fóibe

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fóibe	fhóibe	bhfóibe

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) “fóibe”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fóibe”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fóibe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024