folmhaigh

Irish

Alternative forms

  • falamhaigh, falmhaigh, folamhaigh
  • folamhuigh, folmhuigh (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish falmaigid, folmaigid. By surface analysis, folamh (empty) + -igh.

Verb

folmhaigh (present analytic folmhaíonn, future analytic folmhóidh, verbal noun folmhú, past participle folmhaithe)

  1. to empty, clear out
    Synonym: bánaigh
  2. to unload (a gun, a dishwasher), discharge (a ship etc.)
  3. to exhaust (empty by drawing or letting out the contents)
  4. to drink dry, drain (a cup or glass)
  5. to turn out (empty for inspection)
  6. to unpack (a suitcase etc.)
    Synonym: díphacáil
  7. (medicine) to purge, evacuate
  8. (literary) to lay waste
    Synonym: scrios

Conjugation

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
folmhaigh fholmhaigh bhfolmhaigh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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