fogamar

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fogomar

Etymology

From fo- (“under”) +‎ gaimred (“winter”), thus literally “sub-winter”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɸo.ɣə.β̃əɾ/
  • (Blasse) [ˈɸo.ɣa.β̃aɾ]
  • (Griffith) [ˈɸo.ɣə.β̃əɾ]

Noun

fogamar m

1. autumn

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	fogamar	—	—
vocative	fogamair, fogomair	—	—
accusative	fogamarN	—	—
genitive	fogamairL, fogomair	—	—
dative	fogamarL, fogomur	—	—

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

• ^H = triggers aspiration
• ^L = triggers lenition
• ^N = triggers nasalization

Descendants

• Middle Irish: fogamur
  • Irish: fómhar, fóghmhar (superseded)
  • Scottish Gaelic: foghar
  • Manx: fouyr

See also

• seasons: aimsera: errach · samrad · fogamar · gaimred ^[edit]

Mutation

Mutation of fogamar

radical	lenition	nasalization
fogamar	ḟogamar	fogamar pronounced with /β̃-/

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

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fogamar”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language