foitheach

Irish

Alternative forms

• faocha f
• foithíoch m

Etymology

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Noun

foitheach m (genitive singular foithigh, nominative plural foithigh)

1. diver; grebe

Declension

Declension of foitheach (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative foitheach foithigh vocative a fhoithigh a fhoitheacha genitive foithigh foitheach dative foitheach foithigh forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an foitheach na foithigh genitive an fhoithigh na bhfoitheach dative leis an bhfoitheach don fhoitheach leis na foithigh

Derived terms

• foitheach cluasach (“Slavonian grebe”)
• foitheach mór (“great crested grebe”)
• foitheach píbdhubh (“black-necked grebe”)
• foitheach rua (“red-throated diver”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of foitheach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
foitheach	fhoitheach	bhfoitheach

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

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “foitheach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• “grebe”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025