fostát

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ stát (“state”).

Noun

fostát m (genitive singular fostáit, nominative plural fostáit)

1. satellite state, vassal state

   Synonym: stát spleách

Declension

Declension of fostát (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fostát fostáit vocative a fhostáit a fhostáta genitive fostáit fostát dative fostát fostáit forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fostát na fostáit genitive an fhostáit na bhfostát dative leis an bhfostát don fhostát leis na fostáit

Mutation

Mutated forms of fostát

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fostát	fhostát	bhfostát

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) “fostát”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fostát”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fostát”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025