fothoghchán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ toghchán.

Noun

fothoghchán m (genitive singular fothoghcháin, nominative plural fothoghcháin)

1. (politics) by-election

Declension

Declension of fothoghchán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fothoghchán fothoghcháin vocative a fhothoghcháin a fhothoghchána genitive fothoghcháin fothoghchán dative fothoghchán fothoghcháin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fothoghchán na fothoghcháin genitive an fhothoghcháin na bhfothoghchán dative leis an bhfothoghchán don fhothoghchán leis na fothoghcháin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothoghchán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fothoghchán	fhothoghchán	bhfothoghchán

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