[go: up one dir, main page]

Irish

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Middle Irish foglaimid (to learn), derived from Old Irish foglaimm (learning), the verbal noun of fo·gleinn (gather, collect; learn, study).[1]

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

foghlaim (present analytic foghlaimíonn, future analytic foghlaimeoidh, verbal noun foghlaim, past participle foghlamtha)

  1. learn
  2. (nonstandard) teach
    Synonym: múin

Conjugation

edit

Derived terms

edit

Noun

edit

foghlaim f (genitive singular as substantive foghlama, genitive as verbal noun foghlamtha)

  1. verbal noun of foghlaim
  2. learning
  3. instruction

Declension

edit
Verbal noun
Declension of foghlaim (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative foghlaim
vocative a fhoghlaim
genitive foghlamtha
dative foghlaim
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhoghlaim
genitive na foghlamtha
dative leis an bhfoghlaim
don fhoghlaim
Substantive
Declension of foghlaim (third declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative foghlaim
vocative a fhoghlaim
genitive foghlama
dative foghlaim
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an fhoghlaim
genitive na foghlama
dative leis an bhfoghlaim
don fhoghlaim

Derived terms

edit

Mutation

edit
Mutated forms of foghlaim
radical lenition eclipsis
foghlaim fhoghlaim bhfoghlaim

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

References

edit
  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “foglaimid”, 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 115
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 192, page 73

Further reading

edit

Scottish Gaelic

edit

Etymology

edit

From Old Irish foglaimm, verbal noun of fo·gleinn (gather, collect; learn, study).

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

foghlaim (past dh'fhoghlaim, future foghlaimidh, verbal noun foghlam, past participle foghlaimte)

  1. learn, educate, teach, discipline
  2. teach

Conjugation

edit

Mutation

edit
Mutation of foghlaim
radical lenition
foghlaim fhoghlaim

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