feartlaoi

Irish

Etymology

From feart (“mound, tumulus; grave”) +‎ laoi (“lay, (narrative) poem”).

Noun

feartlaoi f (genitive singular feartlaoi, nominative plural feartlaoithe)

1. epitaph

Declension

Declension of feartlaoi (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative feartlaoi feartlaoithe vocative a fheartlaoi a fheartlaoithe genitive feartlaoi feartlaoithe dative feartlaoi feartlaoithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fheartlaoi na feartlaoithe genitive na feartlaoi na bhfeartlaoithe dative leis an bhfeartlaoi don fheartlaoi leis na feartlaoithe

Mutation

Mutated forms of feartlaoi

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feartlaoi	fheartlaoi	bhfeartlaoi

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feartlaoi”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “epitaph”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “feartlaoi”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm