fo-alt

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ alt.

Noun

fo-alt m (genitive singular fo-ailt, nominative plural fo-ailt)

  1. subsection; subparagraph
  2. (journalism) subleader

Declension

Declension of fo-alt (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fo-alt fo-ailt
vocative a fho-ailt a fho-alta
genitive fo-ailt fo-alt
dative fo-alt fo-ailt
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fo-alt na fo-ailt
genitive an fho-ailt na bhfo-alt
dative leis an bhfo-alt
don fho-alt 		leis na fo-ailt

Mutation

Mutated forms of fo-alt
radical lenition eclipsis
fo-alt fho-alt bhfo-alt

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

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-alt”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • “sub-paragraph”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
  • “subsection”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025
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