fónamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• fónadh
• foghnadh, fóghnadh, foghnamh, fóghnamh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Irish fognam, verbal noun of fo·gní. By surface analysis, fóin +‎ -amh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠoːn̪ˠəvˠ/, [ˈfˠõːn̪ˠəvˠ]

Noun

fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)

1. verbal noun of fóin
2. serving (act), (rendering) service
3. utility, usefulness

Declension

As a substantive:

Declension of fónamh (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fónamh vocative a fhónaimh genitive fónaimh dative fónamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fónamh genitive an fhónaimh dative leis an bhfónamh don fhónamh

As a verbal noun:

Declension of fónamh (irregular, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fónamh vocative a fhónamh genitive fónta dative fónamh forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fónamh genitive an fhónta dative leis an bhfónamh don fhónamh

Derived terms

• ar fónamh (“in good condition, well”)
• gan fónamh (“useless, shiftless”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fónamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fónamh	fhónamh	bhfónamh

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

Further reading

• “fónamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fognam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foġnaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 323
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fónamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28