foirgneamh

Irish

Alternative forms

• fairgneadh, fairgneamh, fáirgneamh, foirgint, foirgneadh, fóirgneamh

Etymology

From Middle Irish forgnem, from Old Irish for- (from *uɸor-) + gním.

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟənʲəvˠ/
• (Galway) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟnʲəvˠ/
• (Mayo) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾʲɪɟnʲuː/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠʌɾʲɪɟnʲu/

Noun

foirgneamh m (genitive singular foirgnimh, nominative plural foirgnimh)

1. building, structure
2. act of building
3. nesting place

Declension

Declension of foirgneamh

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative foirgneamh foirgnimh Vocative a fhoirgnimh a fhoirgneamha Genitive foirgnimh foirgneamh Dative foirgneamh foirgnimh

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an foirgneamh na foirgnimh Genitive an fhoirgnimh na bhfoirgneamh Dative leis an bhfoirgneamh don fhoirgneamh leis na foirgnimh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foirgneamh	fhoirgneamh	bhfoirgneamh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “foirgneamh”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “forgnem, foirgned”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “foirgneaṁ”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 326
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “foirgneamh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN