follaiseach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

• follasach, folluiseach

Etymology

From Old Irish foillsech (“evident, visible; bright, ardent”) (compare Irish follasach). By surface analysis, follais +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔl̪ˠɪʃəx/

Adjective

follaiseach (genitive singular masculine follaisich, comparative follaisiche)

1. apparent, obvious
2. clear, evident
3. public

   Synonym: poblach

Mutation

Mutation of follaiseach

radical	lenition
follaiseach	fhollaiseach

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

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “follaiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foillsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language