fótashamhail

Irish

Etymology

From fóta- (photo-) +‎ samhail (likeness, semblance, similitude; image, effigy, representation, model).

Noun

fótashamhail f (genitive singular fótashamhla, nominative plural fótashamhlacha)

  1. photofit, composite

Declension

Declension of fótashamhail (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fótashamhail fótashamhlacha
vocative a fhótashamhail a fhótashamhlacha
genitive fótashamhla fótashamhlacha
dative fótashamhail fótashamhlacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhótashamhail na fótashamhlacha
genitive na fótashamhla na bhfótashamhlacha
dative leis an bhfótashamhail
don fhótashamhail
leis na fótashamhlacha

Mutation

Mutated forms of fótashamhail
radical lenition eclipsis
fótashamhail fhótashamhail bhfótashamhail

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

Further reading

  • fótashamhail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025