fothain

Irish

Alternative forms

• fathain, foithin, fuithin, fuithint

Etymology

From Middle Irish foithin.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɪhənʲ/ (corresponding to the form foithin or fuithin)

Noun

fothain f (genitive singular fothana)

1. shelter

   Synonym: foscadh

   faoi fhothain ― sheltered, screened

2. covert (hiding place)
3. lee

   taobh na fothana ― the leeward side

4. secret-keeping ability

   Níl aon fhothain ionam.

   I can’t keep a secret.

   (literally, “There is no secret-keeping ability in me.”)

Declension

Declension of fothain (third declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative fothain vocative a fhothain genitive fothana dative fothain forms with the definite article case singular nominative an fhothain genitive na fothana dative leis an bhfothain don fhothain

Derived terms

• fothaineach
• fothainigh
• fothainiúil

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothain

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fothain	fhothain	bhfothain

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

Further reading

• “fothain”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foithin”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foṫain”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 332
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fuiṫin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 340
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fothain”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN