foilmhe

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈfˠɛlʲəvʲə]

Etymology 1

From Old Irish foilme (“emptiness, want”), from folam (“empty”) (modern folamh).

Noun

foilmhe f (genitive singular foilmhe, nominative plural foilmhí)

  1. emptiness, blankness, vacuity, inanition
Declension
Declension of foilmhe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative foilmhe foilmhí
Vocative a fhoilmhe a fhoilmhí
Genitive foilmhe foilmhí
Dative foilmhe foilmhí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhoilmhe na foilmhí
Genitive na foilmhe na bhfoilmhí
Dative leis an bhfoilmhe

don fhoilmhe

 leis na foilmhí

Adjective

foilmhe

  1. genitive singular feminine of folamh
  2. comparative degree of folamh

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foilmhe fhoilmhe bhfoilmhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • "foilmhe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “foilme” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • Entries containing “foilmhe” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “foilmhe” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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