faoinar

See also: faoinár

Irish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈfˠiːnˠəɾˠ/

Particle

faoinar (form used before non-past tenses faoina) (used before a past tense; triggers lenition of a following consonant except in the autonomous form)

under which/whom
an bord faoinar shuigh a cat ― the table under which her cat sat
about which/whom
an tír faoinar ghabh sé amhrán ― the country about which he sang a song

Usage notes

Especially in the spoken language, it is more common to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

an bord ar shuigh a cat faoi ― the table her cat sat under

an tír ar ghabh sé amhrán fúithi ― the country he sang a song about

Particle

faoinar (form used before a vowel in the present/future faoinarb, form used before a vowel in the past/conditional faoinarbh) (used before a consonant sound; triggers lenition in the past/conditional)

under/about which/whom is
an bord faoinar mian lena cat a bheith ina shuí ― the table under which her cat wants to sit
under/about which/whom was/would be
an tír faoinar mhaith leis amhrán a ghabháil ― the country about which he would like to sing a song

Usage notes

Here again, it is more common, especially in the spoken language, to use the indirect relative particle ar with a resumptive prepositional pronoun:

an bord ar mian lena cat a bheith ina shuí faoi ― the table her cat wants to sit under

an tír ar mhaith leis amhrán a ghabháil fúithi ― the country he would like to sing a song about

Related terms

Irish copular forms
simple copular forms
		affirmative	negative	interrogative	negative interrogative
present/future
main clause		is	ní	an	nach
relative clause	direct	is	nach	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arb^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurb^v		an	nach
past/conditional
main clause		ba, b’^v	níor, níorbh^v	ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
relative clause	direct	ba, ab^v	nár, nárbh^v	–
relative clause	indirect	ar, arbh^v		–
other subordinate clause		gur, gurbh^v		ar, arbh^v	nár, nárbh^v
present subjunctive
–		gura, gurab^v	nára, nárab^v	–

compound copular forms
base word		present/future		past/conditional
cá		cár, cárb^v		cár, cárbh^v
cé		cér, cérb^v		cér, cérbh^v
dá		–		dá mba, dá mb’^v
de/do		dar, darb^v		dar, darbh^v
faoi		faoinar, faoinarb^v		faoinar, faoinarbh^v
i		inar, inarb^v		inar, inarbh^v
le		lenar, lenarb^v		lenar, lenarbh^v
má		más		má ba, má b’^v
mura		mura, murab^v		murar, murarbh^v
ó (prep.)		ónar, ónarb^v		ónar, ónarbh^v
ó (conj.)		ós		ó ba, ó b’^v
trí		trínar, trínarb^v		trínar, trínarbh^v

^v Used before vowel sounds

Irish preposition contractions

Basic form	Contracted with							Copular forms
Basic form	an (“the sg”)	na (“the pl”)	mo (“my”)	do (“your”)	a (“his, her, their; which (present)”)	ár (“our”)	ar (“which (past)”)	(before consonant)	(present/future before vowel)	(past/conditional before vowel)
de (“from”)	den	de na desna*	de mo dem*	de do ded, det	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
do (“to, for”)	don	do na dosna*	do mo dom*	do do dod, dot	dá	dár		dar	darb	darbh
faoi (“under, about”)	faoin	faoi na	faoi mo	faoi do	faoina	faoinár	faoinar		faoinarb	faoinarbh
i (“in”)	sa, san	sna	i mo im*	i do id, it	ina	inár	inar		inarb	inarbh
le (“with”)	leis an	leis na	le mo lem*	le do led, let	lena	lenár	lenar		lenarb	lenarbh
ó (“from, since”)	ón	ó na ósna*	ó mo óm*	ó do ód, ót	óna	ónár	ónar		ónarb	ónarbh
trí (“through”)	tríd an	trí na	trí mo	trí do	trína	trínár	trínar		trínarb	trínarbh
*Dialectal.