fothram

Irish

From Middle Irish fothromm,^[2] alteration of fothronn,^[3] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-toranos (literally “sub-thunder”); compare Middle Welsh godaran (“noisy, clamorous”).^[4] The change from -nn to -m may have been influence from fuaim (“sound”) or trom (“heavy”).

fothram m (genitive singular fothraim)

Declension of fothram (first declension, no plural)

forms with the definite article
case	singular
nominative	an fothram
genitive	an fhothraim
dative	leis an bhfothram don fhothram

Mutated forms of *fothram*
radical	lenition	eclipsis
fothram	fhothram	bhfothram

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

^ “fothram”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothromm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothronn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “godaran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 231, page 117