Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish felsam, from Old Irish felsub, from Latin philosophus, from Ancient Greek φιλόσοφος (philósophos).
Pronunciation
Noun
fealsamh m (genitive singular fealsaimh, nominative plural fealsúna)
- philosopher
Declension
Declension of fealsamh (first declension)
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Derived terms
Mutation
Mutated forms of fealsamh
radical
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lenition
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eclipsis
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fealsamh
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fhealsamh
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bhfealsamh
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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
- “fealsamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fellsam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “feallsamh”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 303
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fealsamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN