féarach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • féireach, feurach, féurach (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish férach.[2] By surface analysis, féar (“grass”) +‎ -ach

Pronunciation

Noun

féarach m (genitive singular féaraigh)

  1. pasture

Declension

Declension of féarach (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative féarach
vocative a fhéaraigh
genitive féaraigh
dative féarach
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an féarach
genitive an fhéaraigh
dative leis an bhféarach
don fhéarach

Mutation

Mutated forms of féarach
radical lenition eclipsis
féarach fhéarach bhféarach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “féarach”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “férach”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Ó Sé, Diarmuid (2000) Gaeilge Chorca Dhuibhne [The Irish of Corkaguiny] (in Irish), Institiúid Teangeolaíochta Éireann [Linguistics Institute of Ireland], →ISBN, section 847, page 476
  4. ^ de Búrca, Seán (1958) The Irish of Tourmakeady, Co. Mayo: A Phonemic Study, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, →ISBN, section 35, page 12
  5. ^ Lucas, Leslie W. (1979) Grammar of Ros Goill Irish Co. Donegal (Studies in Irish Language and Literature, Department of Celtic, Q.U.B.; vol. 5), Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen’s University of Belfast, page 261

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