fo-rúnaí

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ rúnaí (“secretary”).

Noun

fo-rúnaí m (genitive singular fo-rúnaí, nominative plural fo-rúnaithe)

1. undersecretary

Declension

Declension of fo-rúnaí (fourth declension)

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

Derived terms

• fo-rúnaí parlaiminte (“parliamentary undersecretary”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-rúnaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fo-rúnaí	fho-rúnaí	bhfo-rúnaí

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-rúnaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “undersecretary”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024