foithir

See also: fo-ithir

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• fothair
• fuither

Etymology

Possibly from fo + tír.

Noun

foithir m (genitive foithir)

1. a piece of unreclaimed valley or wooded land

Inflection

Masculine o-stem

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	foithir, fuithir	foithirL, fuithir	foithirL, fuithir
vocative	foithir, fuithir	foithirL, fuithir	fuithriuH
accusative	foithirN, fuithir	foithirL, fuithir	fuithriuH
genitive	foithirL, fuithir	foithir, fuithir	foithirN, fuithir
dative	fo(i)thiurL	foithrib	foithrib

Initial mutations of a following adjective:

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

Descendants

• Irish: fothair

Mutation

Mutation of foithir

radical	lenition	nasalization
foithir	ḟoithir	foithir pronounced with /β̃-/

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

References

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