fóisc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fóisc, a variant of óisc (“young ewe”).

Noun

fóisc f (genitive singular fóisce, nominative plural fóisceacha or fóisceanna)

1. yearling ewe

   Synonym: uan bliana

Declension

Declension of fóisc (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fóisc fóisceacha vocative a fhóisc a fhóisceacha genitive fóisce fóisceacha dative fóisc fóisceacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhóisc na fóisceacha genitive na fóisce na bhfóisceacha dative leis an bhfóisc don fhóisc leis na fóisceacha

• Alternative plural: fóisceanna

Derived terms

• athfhóisc (“two-year-old ewe”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fóisc

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fóisc	fhóisc	bhfóisc

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) “fóisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fóisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fóisc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fóisc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025