fuadach

Irish

Etymology

From Middle Irish fúatach.

Pronunciation

Noun

fuadach m (genitive singular fuadaigh, nominative plural fuadaigh)

  1. verbal noun of fuadaigh
  2. abduction (wrongful carrying off of a human being), kidnapping
  3. snatching away, snatching up, plundering
  4. rape
    Synonym: éigniú
  5. hijacking
  6. (draughts) huff (removing an opponent's piece as a forfeit for deliberately not taking a piece)

Declension

Derived terms

  • fuadach croí (heavy beating of the heart, palpitation)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fuadach fhuadach bhfuadach
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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