fomhuireán

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“sub-, under”) +‎ muir (“sea”) +‎ -án (nominal suffix).

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fɔvˠəˈrʲɑːn̪ˠ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfɔwərʲɑːnˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfɔːwərʲænˠ/

Noun

fomhuireán m (genitive singular fomhuireáin, nominative plural fomhuireáin)

  1. submarine

Declension

Declension of fomhuireán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fomhuireán fomhuireáin
vocative a fhomhuireáin a fhomhuireána
genitive fomhuireáin fomhuireán
dative fomhuireán fomhuireáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fomhuireán na fomhuireáin
genitive an fhomhuireáin na bhfomhuireán
dative leis an bhfomhuireán
don fhomhuireán 		leis na fomhuireáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fomhuireán
radical lenition eclipsis
fomhuireán fhomhuireán bhfomhuireán

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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