fo-rúnaí

Irish

Etymology

From fo- (“under-”) +‎ rúnaí (“secretary”).

Noun

fo-rúnaí m (genitive singular fo-rúnaí, nominative plural fo-rúnaithe)

1. undersecretary

Declension

Declension of fo-rúnaí

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fo-rúnaí fo-rúnaithe Vocative a fho-rúnaí a fho-rúnaithe Genitive fo-rúnaí fo-rúnaithe Dative fo-rúnaí fo-rúnaithe

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fo-rúnaí na fo-rúnaithe Genitive an fho-rúnaí na bhfo-rúnaithe Dative leis an bhfo-rúnaí don fho-rúnaí leis na fo-rúnaithe

Derived terms

• fo-rúnaí parlaiminte (“parliamentary undersecretary”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fo-rúnaí	fho-rúnaí	bhfo-rúnaí
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fo-rúnaí”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “undersecretary”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024