feolmhach

Irish

Alternative forms

  • feolbhach
  • feólbhach, feólmhach

Etymology

From Middle Irish feólbach, from Old Irish féoil (meat).

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɔːlˠwaxi/, /ˈfʲɔːl̪ˠwaxi/[1] (corresponding to an unattested feminine plural form *feolmhacha)

Noun

feolmhach m (genitive singular feolmhaigh)

  1. fleshmeat, raw flesh

Declension

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feolmhach fheolmhach bhfeolmhach
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 75

Further reading

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