foscadh

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish foscad (“shadow; protection”),[1] from Proto-Celtic *uɸo-skātu. Cognate with Welsh gwasgod (“shade; shelter”).

Pronunciation
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑsˠkə/[2] (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈfˠasˠkə/ (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠasˠku/[3] (corresponding to the alternative form fascadh)

Noun

foscadh m (genitive singular foscaidh, nominative plural foscaí)

  1. shelter (a refuge or other protection)
    Synonym: fothain
  2. (literary) shade
    Synonym: scáth

Declension
Declension of foscadh

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative foscadh foscaí
Vocative a fhoscaidh a fhoscaí
Genitive foscaidh foscaí
Dative foscadh foscaí

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an foscadh na foscaí
Genitive an fhoscaidh na bhfoscaí
Dative leis an bhfoscadh

don fhoscadh

 leis na foscaí

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

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foscad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 102
  3. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

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