foscúil

Irish

Alternative forms

• fascúil
• fasgamhail, fasgúil, foscamhail, fosgamhail, fosgúil (superseded)

Etymology

From foscadh +‎ -úil.

Adjective

foscúil (genitive singular feminine foscúla, plural foscúla, comparative foscúla)

1. sheltered (protected, as from wind or weather)
2. shady (overspread with shade)

Declension

Declension of foscúil

	singular		plural (m/f)
Positive	masculine	feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
nominative	foscúil	fhoscúil	foscúla; fhoscúla2
vocative	fhoscúil		foscúla
genitive		foscúla	foscúla	foscúil
dative	foscúil; fhoscúil1	fhoscúil	foscúla; fhoscúla2
Comparative	níos foscúla
Superlative	is foscúla

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

• (sheltered): fothainiúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of foscúil

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foscúil	fhoscúil	bhfoscúil

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

Further reading

• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “foscaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foscúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN