fótaisféar

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- +‎ sféar.

Noun

fótaisféar m (genitive singular fótaisféir, nominative plural fótaisféir)

1. (astronomy) photosphere

Declension

Declension of fótaisféar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fótaisféar fótaisféir vocative a fhótaisféir a fhótaisféara genitive fótaisféir fótaisféar dative fótaisféar fótaisféir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fótaisféar na fótaisféir genitive an fhótaisféir na bhfótaisféar dative leis an bhfótaisféar don fhótaisféar leis na fótaisféir

Mutation

Mutated forms of fótaisféar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fótaisféar	fhótaisféar	bhfótaisféar

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) “fótaisféar”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fótaisféar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm