focleolaí

Irish

Etymology

From focal (“word”) +‎ eolaí (“scientist; -logist”).

Noun

focleolaí m (genitive singular focleolaí, nominative plural focleolaithe)

1. philologist

Declension

Declension of focleolaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative focleolaí focleolaithe vocative a fhocleolaí a fhocleolaithe genitive focleolaí focleolaithe dative focleolaí focleolaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an focleolaí na focleolaithe genitive an fhocleolaí na bhfocleolaithe dative leis an bhfocleolaí don fhocleolaí leis na focleolaithe

Related terms

• focleolaíoch (“philological”, adjective)
• focleolaíocht f (“philology”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of focleolaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
focleolaí	fhocleolaí	bhfocleolaí

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