fealsamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• feallsamh (superseded)

Etymology

From Middle Irish felsam, from Old Irish felsub, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).

Pronunciation

• (Munster, Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲal̪ˠsˠəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲal̪ˠsˠuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲal̪ˠsˠu/

Noun

fealsamh m (genitive singular fealsaimh, nominative plural fealsúna)

1. philosopher

Declension

Declension of fealsamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fealsamh fealsúna vocative a fhealsaimh a fhealsúna genitive fealsaimh fealsúna dative fealsamh fealsúna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fealsamh na fealsúna genitive an fhealsaimh na bhfealsúna dative leis an bhfealsamh don fhealsamh leis na fealsúna

Derived terms

• fealsúnach
• fealsúnacht

Mutation

Mutated forms of fealsamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fealsamh	fhealsamh	bhfealsamh

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

Further reading

• “fealsamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fellsam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feallsamh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 303
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fealsamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN