fód

See also: fod, FOD, fòd, föd, főd, and fød

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fót, of unknown origin. MacBain mechanically reconstructs a Proto-Celtic *wontos,[4] but with no cognates outside Goidelic or plausible Indo-European etymology, that is mere speculation.

Noun

fód m (genitive singular fóid, nominative plural fóid or fóda)

  1. sod
  2. strip of soil
  3. layer of sods
  4. layer of earth
  5. spot (of ground), place
  6. piece, chunk
Declension
Declension of fód (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fód fóid
vocative a fhóid a fhóda
genitive fóid fód
dative fód fóid
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fód na fóid
genitive an fhóid na bhfód
dative leis an bhfód
don fhód 		leis na fóid
Derived terms

Further reading

  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fód”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 466; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fód”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fód”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
  • “fód”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fot.

Contraction

fód

  1. (dialectal) contraction of fó do (“under/about your sg”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fód
radical lenition eclipsis
fód fhód bhfód

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, § 52, page 28
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 29, page 15
  4. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “fód”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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