fothionóntán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“secondary, subsidiary”) +‎ tionóntán (“tenement”).

Noun

fothionóntán m (genitive singular fothionóntáin, nominative plural fothionóntáin)

1. (law) servient tenement

Declension

Declension of fothionóntán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fothionóntán fothionóntáin vocative a fhothionóntáin a fhothionóntána genitive fothionóntáin fothionóntán dative fothionóntán fothionóntáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fothionóntán na fothionóntáin genitive an fhothionóntáin na bhfothionóntán dative leis an bhfothionóntán don fhothionóntán leis na fothionóntáin

Related terms

• fothionónta m (“subtenant”)
• fothionóntacht f (“subtenancy”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothionóntán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fothionóntán	fhothionóntán	bhfothionóntán

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) “fothionóntán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN