fo-alt

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ alt.

Noun

fo-alt m (genitive singular fo-ailt, nominative plural fo-ailt)

1. subsection; subparagraph
2. (journalism) subleader

Declension

Declension of fo-alt (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fo-alt fo-ailt vocative a fho-ailt a fho-alta genitive fo-ailt fo-alt dative fo-alt fo-ailt forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fo-alt na fo-ailt genitive an fho-ailt na bhfo-alt dative leis an bhfo-alt don fho-alt leis na fo-ailt

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-alt

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-alt	fho-alt	bhfo-alt

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) “fo-alt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “sub-paragraph”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• “subsection”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024