Irish
Etymology
From fóta- (“photo-”) + samhail (“likeness, semblance, similitude; image, effigy, representation, model”).
Noun
fótashamhail f (genitive singular fótashamhla, nominative plural fótashamhlacha)
- photofit, composite
Declension
Declension of fótashamhail (third declension)
| bare forms
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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fótashamhail
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fótashamhlacha
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| vocative
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a fhótashamhail
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a fhótashamhlacha
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| genitive
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fótashamhla
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fótashamhlacha
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| dative
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fótashamhail
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fótashamhlacha
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| forms with the definite article
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singular
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plural
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| nominative
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an fhótashamhail
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na fótashamhlacha
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| genitive
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na fótashamhla
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na bhfótashamhlacha
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| dative
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leis an bhfótashamhail don fhótashamhail
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leis na fótashamhlacha
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Mutation
Mutated forms of fótashamhail
| radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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| fótashamhail
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fhótashamhail
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bhfótashamhail
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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
- “fótashamhail”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025