foléim

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish foléim(m). By surface analysis, fo- +‎ léim.

Noun

foléim f (genitive singular foléime, nominative plural foléimeanna)

1. upward bound
2. light leap, skip, caper

Declension

Declension of foléim (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative foléim foléimeanna vocative a fholéim a fholéimeanna genitive foléime foléimeanna dative foléim foléimeanna forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fholéim na foléimeanna genitive na foléime na bhfoléimeanna dative leis an bhfoléim don fholéim leis na foléimeanna

Derived terms

• foléimneach

Mutation

Mutated forms of foléim

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foléim	fholéim	bhfoléim

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) “foléim”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foléim(m)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “foléim”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “foléim”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025