foréigean

Irish

Alternative forms

  • foiréigean, fóiréigean[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish foréicen.[2] By surface analysis, for- +‎ éigean.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠɔɾˠˈeːɟɪnˠ/

Noun

foréigean m (genitive singular foréigin) or
foréigean f (genitive singular foréigne)

  1. violence

Declension

As a masculine noun:

Declension of foréigean (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative foréigean
vocative a fhoréigin
genitive foréigin
dative foréigean
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an foréigean
genitive an fhoréigin
dative leis an bhforéigean
don fhoréigean

As a feminine noun:

Declension of foréigean (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative foréigean
vocative a fhoréigean
genitive foréigne
dative foréigean
foréigin (archaic, dialectal)
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhoréigean
genitive na foréigne
dative leis an bhforéigean
leis an bhforéigin (archaic, dialectal)
don fhoréigean
don fhoréigin (archaic, dialectal)

Derived terms

  • foréigneach
  • foréigní
  • foréignigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of foréigean
radical lenition eclipsis
foréigean fhoréigean bhforéigean

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

References

  1. ^ “foréigean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foréicen”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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