fobhríste

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ bríste (“pants”).

Noun

fobhríste m (genitive singular fobhríste, nominative plural fobhrístí)

1. underpants

Declension

Declension of fobhríste (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fobhríste fobhrístí vocative a fhobhríste a fhobhrístí genitive fobhríste fobhrístí dative fobhríste fobhrístí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fobhríste na fobhrístí genitive an fhobhríste na bhfobhrístí dative leis an bhfobhríste don fhobhríste leis na fobhrístí

Derived terms

• fobhríste dornálaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fobhríste

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fobhríste	fhobhríste	bhfobhríste

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) “fobhríste”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fobhríste”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fobhríste”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025