fóisc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fóisc, a variant of óisc (“young ewe”).

Noun

fóisc f (genitive singular fóisce, nominative plural fóisceacha or fóisceanna)

yearling ewe
Synonym: uan bliana

Declension

Declension of fóisc

Second declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	fóisc	fóisceacha
Vocative	a fhóisc	a fhóisceacha
Genitive	fóisce	fóisceacha
Dative	fóisc	fóisceacha

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhóisc	na fóisceacha
Genitive	na fóisce	na bhfóisceacha
Dative	leis an bhfóisc don fhóisc	leis na fóisceacha

Alternative plural: fóisceanna

Derived terms

athfhóisc (“two-year-old ewe”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fóisc	fhóisc	bhfóisc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fóisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “óisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Entries containing “fóisc” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “fóisc” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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