foscúil

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fascúil
  • fasgamhail, fasgúil, foscamhail, fosgamhail, fosgúil (superseded)

Etymology

From foscadh +‎ -úil.

Adjective

foscúil (genitive singular feminine foscúla, plural foscúla, comparative foscúla)

  1. sheltered (protected, as from wind or weather)
  2. shady (overspread with shade)

Declension

Declension of foscúil
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative foscúil fhoscúil foscúla;
fhoscúla2
vocative fhoscúil foscúla
genitive foscúla foscúla foscúil
dative foscúil;
fhoscúil1 		fhoscúil foscúla;
fhoscúla2
Comparative níos foscúla
Superlative is foscúla

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutated forms of foscúil
radical lenition eclipsis
foscúil fhoscúil bhfoscúil

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

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “foscaṁail”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 484; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foscúil”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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