foghlaim

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fóghlaim, foghlam, fóghlam, foghluim, fóghluim

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • (Munster, Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠoːl̪ˠəmʲ/, /ˈfˠoːlˠəmʲ/[2]
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲɔːlʲəmʲ/[3] (as if spelled feoi(gh)lim)

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Derived terms

Noun

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

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

Declension

Verbal noun
Substantive

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foghlaim fhoghlaim bhfoghlaim
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), “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, page 194

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɤːl̪ˠəm/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
foghlaimfhoghlaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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