falbh

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

The noun is from Old Irish folúamain, verbal noun of fo·luathar (“fly, flee, abscond”). The verb is from the noun. Cognate with Irish foluain (“fluttering, flying, hovering”).

Pronunciation

Verb

falbh (past dh'fhalbh, future falbhaidh, verbal noun falbh, past participle falbhte)

  1. leave, depart, go away

Usage notes

  • Only used intransitively. In transitive clauses fàg is used:
    Feumaidh mi falbh a-nis. ― I must go/leave now.
    Am fàg sinn an dùthaich? ― Shall we leave the country?

Noun

falbh m

  1. verbal noun of falbh

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutation of falbh
radical lenition
falbh fhalbh

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

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956) A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ Roy Wentworth (2003) Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN
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