fothram

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fothromm,[2] alteration of fothronn,[3] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-toranos (literally “sub-thunder”); compare Middle Welsh godaran (“noisy, clamorous”).[4] The change from -nn to -m may have been influence from fuaim (“sound”) or trom (“heavy”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fothram m (genitive singular fothraim)

  1. noise, din

Declension

Declension of fothram (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fothram
vocative a fhothraim
genitive fothraim
dative fothram
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fothram
genitive an fhothraim
dative leis an bhfothram
don fhothram

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • fothramán

Mutation

Mutated forms of fothram
radical lenition eclipsis
fothram fhothram bhfothram

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

References

  1. ^ “fothram”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothromm”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fothronn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  4. ^ R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “godaran”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
  5. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 231, page 117

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