fónamh
Irish
Alternative forms
- fónadh
- foghnadh, fóghnadh, foghnamh, fóghnamh (obsolete)
Etymology
From Old Irish fognam, verbal noun of fo·gní. By surface analysis, fóin + -amh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fòghnadh.
Pronunciation
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠoːn̪ˠəvˠ/, [ˈfˠõːn̪ˠəvˠ]
Noun
fónamh m (genitive singular as substantive fónaimh, genitive as verbal noun fónta)
- verbal noun of fóin
- serving (act), (rendering) service
- utility, usefulness
Declension
As a substantive:
Declension of fónamh
First declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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As a verbal noun:
Declension of fónamh
Irregular
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Derived terms
- ar fónamh (“in good condition, well”)
- gan fónamh (“useless, shiftless”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fónamh | fhónamh | bhfónamh |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- “fónamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fognam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foġnaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 323
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fónamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 28
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