fotheideal

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ teideal, calque of English subtitle.

Noun

fotheideal m (genitive singular fotheidil, nominative plural fotheidil)

1. subheading, subhead

   Synonyms: fo-cheannteideal, fo-rúibric, fo-mhírcheann

2. caption (below picture)

   Synonym: foscríbhinn

3. (cinematography) subtitle, caption

Declension

Declension of fotheideal (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fotheideal fotheidil vocative a fhotheidil a fhotheideala genitive fotheidil fotheideal dative fotheideal fotheidil forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fotheideal na fotheidil genitive an fhotheidil na bhfotheideal dative leis an bhfotheideal don fhotheideal leis na fotheidil

Derived terms

• fotheidealaigh
• fotheidealaithe
• fotheidealóir
• fotheidealú

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of fotheideal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fotheideal	fhotheideal	bhfotheideal

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