faolchú

Irish

Etymology

From faol +‎ cú, from Middle Irish fáelchú, from fáel (“wolf”) + cú (“dog, hound, wolf”).

Noun

faolchú m (genitive singular faolchon or faolchú, nominative plural faolchúnna or faolchoin)

1. wild dog
2. wolf

   Synonyms: cú allta, mac tíre, madra alla, madra allta

Declension

Regular

Declension of faolchú (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative faolchú faolchúnna vocative a fhaolchú a fhaolchúnna genitive faolchú faolchúnna dative faolchú faolchúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an faolchú na faolchúnna genitive an fhaolchú na bhfaolchúnna dative leis an bhfaolchú don fhaolchú leis na faolchúnna

Irregular

Declension of faolchú (irregular)

bare forms case singular plural nominative faolchú faolchúnna vocative a fhaolchú a fhaolchúnna genitive faolchon faolchon dative faolchú faolchúnna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an faolchú na faolchúnna genitive an fhaolchon na bhfaolchon dative leis an bhfaolchú don fhaolchú leis na faolchúnna

Derived terms

• faolchú liath (“grey wolf, timber wolf”)
• faolchú mongach (“maned wolf”)
• faolchú na Tasmáine (“Tasmanian wolf”)
• faolchú talún (“aardwolf”)

 

See also

• cú faoil (“wolfhound”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of faolchú

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faolchú	fhaolchú	bhfaolchú

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) “faolchú”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faolchú”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “faolchú”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024