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)
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- Alternative plural: fóisceanna
Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of fóisc
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lenition
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eclipsis
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fhóisc
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bhfóisc
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Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fóisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fóisc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fóisc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025