foshirriam

See also: fo-shirriam

Irish

Alternative forms

• fo-shirriam

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-, under-”) +‎ sirriam (“sheriff”).

Noun

foshirriam m (genitive singular foshirriam, nominative plural foshirriamaí)

1. undersheriff

Declension

Declension of foshirriam (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative foshirriam foshirriamaí vocative a fhoshirriam a fhoshirriamaí genitive foshirriam foshirriamaí dative foshirriam foshirriamaí forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an foshirriam na foshirriamaí genitive an fhoshirriam na bhfoshirriamaí dative leis an bhfoshirriam don fhoshirriam leis na foshirriamaí

Mutation

Mutated forms of foshirriam

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foshirriam	fhoshirriam	bhfoshirriam

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) “foshirriam”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN