fadó

See also: fado

Irish

Etymology 1

Univerbation of fada (“long”) +‎ ó (“since”); compare i bhfad ó shin (“a long time ago”)

Alternative forms

  • fad'ó (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Adverb

fadó

  1. long ago
Derived terms

Further reading

  • “fadó”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

fadó m (genitive singular fadóite)

  1. alternative form of fadú: verbal noun of fadóigh
Declension
Declension of fadó (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fadó
vocative a fhadó
genitive fadóite
dative fadó
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fadó
genitive an fhadóite
dative leis an bhfadó
don fhadó

Mutation

Mutated forms of fadó
radical lenition eclipsis
fadó fhadó bhfadó

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 171, page 64
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