fadú

See also: fadu, fáðu, and fǎdù

Irish

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠaˈd̪ˠuː/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠad̪ˠu(ː)/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish atúd, verbal noun of ad·daí.[1] By surface analysis, fadaigh +‎ -ú. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fadadh.

Alternative forms

Noun

fadú m (genitive singular fadaithe, nominative plural faduithe)

  1. verbal noun of fadaigh
  2. kindling
Declension
Declension of fadú (irregular)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fadú faduithe
vocative a fhadú a fhaduithe
genitive fadaithe faduithe
dative fadú faduithe
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fadú na faduithe
genitive an fhadaithe na bhfaduithe
dative leis an bhfadú
don fhadú 		leis na faduithe
Synonyms

Further reading

Etymology 2

From fadaigh +‎ -ú. Cognate with Scottish Gaelic fadachadh.

Alternative forms

Noun

fadú m (genitive singular fadaithe)

  1. verbal noun of fadaigh
  2. prolongation, extension, elongation
Declension
Declension of fadú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fadú
vocative a fhadú
genitive fadaithe
dative fadú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fadú
genitive an fhadaithe
dative leis an bhfadú
don fhadú

Further reading

Mutation

Mutated forms of fadú
radical lenition eclipsis
fadú fhadú bhfadú

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ad·daí”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “fadú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
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