fothruicear

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ truicear (“trigger”).

Noun

fothruicear m (genitive singular fothruicir, nominative plural fothruicir)

1. secondary trigger, (type of) hair trigger

Declension

Declension of fothruicear (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fothruicear fothruicir vocative a fhothruicir a fhothruiceara genitive fothruicir fothruicear dative fothruicear fothruicir forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fothruicear na fothruicir genitive an fhothruicir na bhfothruicear dative leis an bhfothruicear don fhothruicear leis na fothruicir

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothruicear

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fothruicear	fhothruicear	bhfothruicear

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) “fothruicear”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fothruicear”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm