fodhuine

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“lesser; odd, occasional”) +‎ duine (“person”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔɣɪnʲə/

Noun

fodhuine m (genitive singular fodhuine, nominative plural fodhaoine)

  1. inferior person
  2. odd, occasional person

Declension

Declension of fodhuine (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fodhuine fodhaoine
vocative a fhodhuine a fhodhaoine
genitive fodhuine fodhaoine
dative fodhuine fodhaoine
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fodhuine na fodhaoine
genitive an fhodhuine na bhfodhaoine
dative leis an bhfodhuine
don fhodhuine 		leis na fodhaoine

Mutation

Mutated forms of fodhuine
radical lenition eclipsis
fodhuine fhodhuine bhfodhuine

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

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