fodhord

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fodord. By surface analysis, fo- (“minor, lesser”) +‎ dord (“buzz, drone”).

Noun

fodhord m (genitive singular fodhoird)

1. subdued murmur
2. backbiting

Declension

Declension of fodhord (first declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fodhord vocative a fhodhoird genitive fodhoird dative fodhord forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fodhord genitive an fhodhoird dative leis an bhfodhord don fhodhord

Mutation

Mutated forms of fodhord

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fodhord	fhodhord	bhfodhord

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