fuirseadh

Irish

Alternative forms

• foirseadh

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠɔɾˠsˠu/ (corresponding to the form foirseadh)

Noun

fuirseadh m (genitive singular fuirste)

1. verbal noun of fuirsigh (“to harrow, to rush around”)

Declension

Declension of fuirseadh

Irregular

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fuirseadh Vocative a fhuirseadh Genitive fuirste Dative fuirseadh

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fuirseadh Genitive an fhuirste Dative leis an bhfuirseadh don fhuirseadh

Derived terms

• cliath fhuirste (“harrow”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fuirseadh	fhuirseadh	bhfuirseadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fuirseadh”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fuirseadh” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.