fo-bhaile

Irish

Etymology

Frrom fo- (“sub-”) +‎ baile (“home; settlement”).

Noun

fo-bhaile m (genitive singular fo-bhaile, nominative plural fo-bhailte)

1. suburb

Declension

Declension of fo-bhaile (fourth declension)

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

Synonyms

• bruachbhaile

Derived terms

• fo-bhailteach (“suburban; suburbanite”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-bhaile

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-bhaile	fho-bhaile	bhfo-bhaile

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) “fo-bhaile”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

fo- +‎ baile

Noun

fo-bhaile m (genitive singular fo-bhaile, plural fo-bhailtean)

1. suburb

Synonyms

• dlùth-bhaile
• frith-bhaile
• iomall-baile
• oir-baile