follaiseach

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish foillsech (“evident, visible; bright, ardent”) (compare Irish follasach). By surface analysis, follais +‎ -ach.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔl̪ˠɪʃəx/

Adjective

follaiseach (genitive singular masculine follaisich, comparative follaisiche)

  1. apparent, obvious
  2. clear, evident
  3. public
    Synonym: poblach

Mutation

Mutation of follaiseach
radical lenition
follaiseach fhollaiseach

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

References

  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “follaiseach”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foillsech”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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