fuaimnigh

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuəmʲnʲə/, /ˈfˠuəmʲnʲiː/

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish *fúaimnigid.[1] By surface analysis, fuaim + -nigh. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fuaimnich.

Verb

fuaimnigh (present analytic fuaimníonn, future analytic fuaimneoidh, verbal noun fuaimniú, past participle fuaimnithe)

  1. to sound (convey an impression by sound)
  2. to pronounce, articulate, enunciate
  3. to resound
Conjugation
Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

fuaimnigh

  1. inflection of fuaimneach:
    1. masculine vocative/genitive singular
    2. (archaic) feminine dative singular

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuaimnigh fhuaimnigh bhfuaimnigh
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), “fúaimnigid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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