fuacht

Irish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠuəxt̪ˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠiəxt̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

fuacht m (genitive singular fuachta)

  1. cold
  2. chill
  3. apathy

Declension

Derived terms

  • fuachtán

Mutation

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

  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 29

Further reading

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