foláir

Irish

Alternative forms

foráil, fuláir

Etymology

From Old Irish furóil (“superabundance, excess”).

Pronunciation

(Cois Fharraige) IPA^(key): /fʲlʲɑːɾˠ/ (as if spelled fleár)[1]

Noun

foláir f

Only used in ní foláir

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foláir	fholáir	bhfoláir
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1975) The Irish of Cois Fhairrge, Co. Galway: A Phonetic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 479

Further reading

G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foróil, furóil, fuláir”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foláir”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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