fadó

See also: fado

Irish

Etymology 1

Univerbation of fada (“long”) +‎ ó (“since”); compare i bhfad ó shin (“a long time ago”)

Alternative forms
  • fad'ó (obsolete)

Pronunciation

Adverb

fadó

  1. long ago
Derived terms

Further reading
  • “fadó”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fadó”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Pronunciation
  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠəˈd̪ˠoː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠoː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠɔ/

Noun

fadó m (genitive singular fadóite)

  1. Alternative form of fadú: verbal noun of fadóigh
Declension
Declension of fadó

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fadó
Vocative a fhadó
Genitive fadóite
Dative fadó

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fadó
Genitive an fhadóite
Dative leis an bhfadó

don fhadó

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fadó fhadó bhfadó
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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