foláir
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish furóil (“superabundance, excess”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fʲlʲɑːɾˠ/ (as if spelled fleár)[1]
Noun
[edit]foláir f
- Only used in ní foláir
Mutation
[edit]| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| foláir | fholáir | bhfoláir |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, revised edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 479
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foróil, furóil, fuláir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foláir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN