fostaí

Irish

Etymology

From fostaigh +‎ -aí.

Noun

fostaí m (genitive singular fostaí, nominative plural fostaithe)

1. employee

Declension

Declension of fostaí (fourth declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fostaí fostaithe vocative a fhostaí a fhostaithe genitive fostaí fostaithe dative fostaí fostaithe forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fostaí na fostaithe genitive an fhostaí na bhfostaithe dative leis an bhfostaí don fhostaí leis na fostaithe

Related terms

• féinfhostaíocht
• fostóir

Mutation

Mutated forms of fostaí

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fostaí	fhostaí	bhfostaí

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