foilmhe

Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfˠɛlʲəvʲə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish foilme (“emptiness, want”), from folam (“empty”) (modern folamh).

Noun

foilmhe f (genitive singular foilmhe, nominative plural foilmhí)

  1. emptiness, blankness, vacuity, inanition
Declension
Declension of foilmhe (fourth declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative foilmhe foilmhí
vocative a fhoilmhe a fhoilmhí
genitive foilmhe foilmhí
dative foilmhe foilmhí
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhoilmhe na foilmhí
genitive na foilmhe na bhfoilmhí
dative leis an bhfoilmhe
don fhoilmhe 		leis na foilmhí

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

foilmhe

  1. inflection of folamh:
    1. genitive singular feminine
    2. comparative degree

Mutation

Mutated forms of foilmhe
radical lenition eclipsis
foilmhe fhoilmhe bhfoilmhe

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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