seafóid

Irish

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ʃaˈfˠoːdʲ/, [ʃaˈfˠoːi̯dʲ]
• (Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /ˈʃæfˠoːdʲ/

Noun

seafóid f (genitive singular seafóide)

1. nonsense

   Synonyms: áiféis, amaidí

2. (as verbal noun, after ag) talking nonsense
3. nonsensical talker; silly person

Declension

Declension of seafóid (second declension, no plural)

bare forms case singular nominative seafóid vocative a sheafóid genitive seafóide dative seafóid forms with the definite article case singular nominative an tseafóid genitive na seafóide dative leis an tseafóid don tseafóid

Mutation

Mutated forms of seafóid

radical	lenition	eclipsis
seafóid	sheafóid after an, tseafóid	not applicable

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

Further reading

• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “seafóid”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “seafóid”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “seafóid”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28