fodham

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Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish foam. Cognate with Irish fúm and Manx foym.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfoəm/
  • Hyphenation: fodh‧am

Pronoun[edit]

fodham

  1. first-person singular of fo: under me
    Bha an rathad fodham a-nis.The road was now below me.

Inflection[edit]

Personal inflection of fo
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st fodham fodhamsa
2nd fodhad fodhadsa
3rd m fodha fodhasan
3rd f fòidhpe fòidhpese
Plural 1st fodhainn fodhainne
2nd fodhaibh fodhaibhse
3rd fòdhpa fòdhpasan

References[edit]

  • Colin Mark (2003) “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307