foinse

Irish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Irish foinsi n pl (“wells, springs”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʷiːnʲʃə/

Noun

foinse f (genitive singular foinse, nominative plural foinsí)

1. source, origin
2. spring, fountainhead

Declension

Declension of foinse (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative foinse foinsí vocative a fhoinse a fhoinsí genitive foinse foinsí dative foinse foinsí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhoinse na foinsí genitive na foinse na bhfoinsí dative leis an bhfoinse don fhoinse leis na foinsí

Derived terms

• foinse abhann (“river-head”)
• foinse oscailte (“open source”)
• foinse the (“hot spring”)
• foinseach (“source, original”, adjective)
• foinsigh (“well up, spring forth”, verb)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of foinse

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foinse	fhoinse	bhfoinse

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) “foinse”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foinse”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foinse”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024