fómhar

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fogamur (“harvest”), from Old Irish fogamar (“autumn”).[1] Compare Scottish Gaelic foghar, Manx fouyr.

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠoːɾˠ/, /fˠõːɾˠ/
  • (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuːvˠəɾˠ/, /ˈfˠoːvˠəɾˠ/[2]
  • (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /ˈfˠuːwəɾˠ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠõːwəɾˠ/[3]

Noun

fómhar m (genitive singular fómhair, nominative plural fómhair)

  1. autumn, fall; harvest season
  2. harvest (of crop, work)
  3. (as verbal noun, ag ~) harvesting

Declension

Declension of fómhar (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fómhar fómhair
vocative a fhómhair a fhómhara
genitive fómhair fómhar
dative fómhar fómhair
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fómhar na fómhair
genitive an fhómhair na bhfómhar
dative leis an bhfómhar
don fhómhar 		leis na fómhair

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fómhar
radical lenition eclipsis
fómhar fhómhar bhfómhar

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

See also

Seasons in Irish · séasúir (layout · text) · category
earrach (“spring”) samhradh (“summer”) fómhar (“autumn”) geimhreadh (“winter”)

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 30, page 15

Further reading

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