fionnuacht

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fionn-fhuacht (obsolete)

Etymology

From fionn (“white”) +‎ fuacht (“cold”); formed on the basis of fionnuar (“coolness”).

Pronunciation
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɨ̞n̪ˠwaxt̪ˠ/[1]

Noun

fionnuacht m (genitive singular fionnuachta)

  1. Synonym of fionnuaire (“coolness”)

Declension
Declension of fionnuacht

Third declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fionnuacht
Vocative a fhionnuacht
Genitive fionnuachta
Dative fionnuacht

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an fionnuacht
Genitive an fhionnuachta
Dative leis an bhfionnuacht

don fhionnuacht

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

References
  1. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 76

Further reading
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fionn-ḟuaċt”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 316
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