feolmhach

Irish

Alternative forms

• feolbhach
• feólbhach, feólmhach

Etymology

From Middle Irish feólbach, from Old Irish féoil (“meat”).

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɔːlˠwaxi/, /ˈfʲɔːl̪ˠwaxi/ (corresponding to an unattested feminine plural form *feolmhacha)

Noun

feolmhach m (genitive singular feolmhaigh)

1. fleshmeat, raw flesh

Declension

Declension of feolmhach (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative feolmhach vocative a fheolmhaigh genitive feolmhaigh dative feolmhach forms with the definite article case singular nominative an feolmhach genitive an fheolmhaigh dative leis an bhfeolmhach don fheolmhach

Mutation

Mutated forms of feolmhach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feolmhach	fheolmhach	bhfeolmhach

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

Further reading

• “feolmhach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feólbach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feolṁaċ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 310
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feolmhach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN