fód

See also: fod, FOD, FoD, fòd, föd, főd, and fød

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

    From Old Irish fót, of unknown origin. MacBain mechanically reconstructs a Proto-Celtic *wontos,[4] but with no cognates outside Goidelic or plausible Indo-European etymology, that is mere speculation.

    Noun

    fód m (genitive singular fóid, nominative plural fóid or fóda)

    1. sod
    2. strip of soil
    3. layer of sods
    4. layer of earth
    5. spot (of ground), place
    6. piece, chunk
    Declension
    Declension of fód (first declension)
    bare forms
    singular plural
    nominative fód fóid
    vocative a fhóid a fhóda
    genitive fóid fód
    dative fód fóid
    forms with the definite article
    singular plural
    nominative an fód na fóid
    genitive an fhóid na bhfód
    dative leis an bhfód
    don fhód     		leis na fóid
    Derived terms

    Further reading

    • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “fód”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 466; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
    • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “fód”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
    • de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959), “fód”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
    • “fód”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2026

    Etymology 2

      From Old Irish fot.

      Contraction

      fód

      1. (dialectal) contraction of fó +‎ do, literally “under/about your sg”

      Mutation

      Mutated forms of fód
      radical lenition eclipsis
      fód fhód bhfód

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

      References

      1. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
      2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899), Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Erster Band: Grammatik [First volume: Grammar], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, § 52, page 28
      3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 29, page 15
      4. ^ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “fód”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎[1], Stirling, →ISBN
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