fogamar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fogomur

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ gaimred (“winter”), thus literally “sub-winter”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɸoɣaβ̃ar]

Noun

fogamar m

1. autumn

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fogamar	fogamarL	fogamairL
vocative	fogamair	fogamarL	fogamaruH
accusative	fogamarN	fogamarL	fogamaruH
genitive	fogamairL	fogamar	fogamarN
dative	fogamarL	fogamaraib	fogamaraib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fogamur
  • Irish: fómhar, fóghmhar (superseded)
  • Scottish Gaelic: foghar
  • Manx: fouyr

See also

• seasons: aimsera: errach · samrad · fogamar · gaimred ^[edit]

Mutation

Mutation of fogamar

radical	lenition	nasalization
fogamar	ḟogamar	fogamar pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language