foghlaim

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish foglaimid (to learn), derived from Old Irish foglaimm (learning), the verbal noun of fo·gleinn (gather, collect; learn, study).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

foghlaim (present analytic foghlaimíonn, future analytic foghlaimeoidh, verbal noun foghlaim, past participle foghlamtha)

  1. learn
  2. (nonstandard) teach
    Synonym: múin

Conjugation[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Noun[edit]

foghlaim f (genitive singular as substantive foghlama, genitive as verbal noun foghlamtha)

  1. verbal noun of foghlaim
  2. learning
  3. instruction

Declension[edit]

Verbal noun
Substantive

Derived terms[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foghlaim fhoghlaim bhfoghlaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “foglaimid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 115
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 194

Further reading[edit]

Scottish Gaelic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish foglaimm, verbal noun of fo·gleinn (gather, collect; learn, study).

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

foghlaim (past dh'fhoghlaim, future foghlaimidh, verbal noun foghlam, past participle foghlaimte)

  1. learn, educate, teach, discipline
  2. teach

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
foghlaim fhoghlaim
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.