fuacht

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Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish úacht, ócht. The f- arose from a reinterpretation of uacht as fhuacht in lenition environments.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fuacht m (genitive singular fuachta)

  1. cold
  2. chill
  3. apathy

Declension

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Derived terms

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuacht fhuacht bhfuacht
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 209, page 105
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 116
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 67, page 29

Further reading

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