foighne

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unetymological spelling of foidhinne, a regular development from foidhidne which itself is likely a conflation of obsolete foidhidnighe (Old Irish foditnige) and still common foidhide (Old Irish foditiu), which is itself an (irregular?) development of Old Irish fodaitiu (as if fodhaide in modern spelling), verbal noun of fo·daim.

The unetymological spelling with -gh- is attested since at least the 17th century but (unlike the etymological spelling foidhinne) does not allow for the regular derivation of the word's pronunciation as /ˈfˠəiɲə/ (as if spelt foínge) in East Munster and County Cork (excluding the baronies of West Carberry and Bearra), areas where slender nn /n̠ʲ/ has regularly become slender ng /ɲ/ in noninitial position.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠəinʲə/

Noun

foighne f (genitive singular foighne)

  1. patience (quality of being patient)

Declension
Declension of foighne

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative foighne
Vocative a fhoighne
Genitive foighne
Dative foighne

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhoighne
Genitive na foighne
Dative leis an bhfoighne

don fhoighne

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foighne fhoighne bhfoighne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
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