focheist

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-”) +‎ ceist (“question”).

Noun

focheist f (genitive singular focheiste, nominative plural focheisteanna)

1. minor, subordinate question
2. odd, occasional inquiry

Declension

Declension of focheist (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative focheist focheisteanna vocative a fhocheist a fhocheisteanna genitive focheiste focheisteanna dative focheist focheisteanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhocheist na focheisteanna genitive na focheiste na bhfocheisteanna dative leis an bhfocheist don fhocheist leis na focheisteanna

Mutation

Mutated forms of focheist

radical	lenition	eclipsis
focheist	fhocheist	bhfocheist

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) “focheist”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN