foradh

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish forad (mound, platform); cognate with Scottish Gaelic faradh.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Galway) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠə/
  • (Mayo) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaɾˠu/[1]

Noun

foradh m (genitive singular foraidh, nominative plural foraidh)

  1. (literary) roost, elevated seat, loft

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foradh fhoradh bhforadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

References

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7.
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