foirgneamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• fairgneadh, fairgneamh, fáirgneamh, foirgint, foirgneadh, fóirgneamh

Etymology

From Middle Irish forgnem, from Old Irish for- (from *uɸor-) + gním.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟənʲəvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟnʲəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʌɾʲɪɟnʲu/

Noun

foirgneamh m (genitive singular foirgnimh, nominative plural foirgnimh)

1. building, structure
2. act of building
3. nesting place

Declension

Declension of foirgneamh (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative foirgneamh foirgnimh vocative a fhoirgnimh a fhoirgneamha genitive foirgnimh foirgneamh dative foirgneamh foirgnimh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an foirgneamh na foirgnimh genitive an fhoirgnimh na bhfoirgneamh dative leis an bhfoirgneamh don fhoirgneamh leis na foirgnimh

Related terms

• foirgneoir (“builder”)
• foirgnigh (“build”, verb)

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of foirgneamh

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foirgneamh	fhoirgneamh	bhfoirgneamh

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

Further reading

• “foirgneamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “forgnem, foirgned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foirgneaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 326
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foirgneamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN