fótashamhail

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- (“photo-”) +‎ samhail (“likeness, semblance, similitude; image, effigy, representation, model”).

Noun

fótashamhail f (genitive singular fótashamhla, nominative plural fótashamhlacha)

1. photofit, composite

Declension

Declension of fótashamhail (third declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fótashamhail fótashamhlacha vocative a fhótashamhail a fhótashamhlacha genitive fótashamhla fótashamhlacha dative fótashamhail fótashamhlacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhótashamhail na fótashamhlacha genitive na fótashamhla na bhfótashamhlacha dative leis an bhfótashamhail don fhótashamhail leis na fótashamhlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of fótashamhail

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fótashamhail	fhótashamhail	bhfótashamhail

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

Further reading

• “fótashamhail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025