fosciorta

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ sciorta (“skirt”).

Noun

fosciorta m (genitive singular fosciorta, nominative plural fosciortaí)

1. underskirt

Declension

Declension of fosciorta (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fosciorta fosciortaí vocative a fhosciorta a fhosciortaí genitive fosciorta fosciortaí dative fosciorta fosciortaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fosciorta na fosciortaí genitive an fhosciorta na bhfosciortaí dative leis an bhfosciorta don fhosciorta leis na fosciortaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of fosciorta

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fosciorta	fhosciorta	bhfosciorta

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) “fosciorta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fosciorta”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “underskirt”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024