fostiall

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ stiall (“strip”).

Noun

fostiall f (genitive singular fostéille, nominative plural fostiallacha)

1. undercut (underside of a sirloin of beef)

Declension

Declension of fostiall (second declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fostiall fostiallacha vocative a fhostiall a fhostiallacha genitive fostéille fostiallacha dative fostiall fostiallacha forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fhostiall na fostiallacha genitive na fostéille na bhfostiallacha dative leis an bhfostiall don fhostiall leis na fostiallacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of fostiall

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fostiall	fhostiall	bhfostiall

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

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fostiall”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “undercut”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fostiall”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm