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

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) 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

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feolmhach	fheolmhach	bhfeolmhach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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