fosgailte

Irish

Participle

fosgailte

  1. obsolete spelling of foscailte

Mutation

Mutated forms of fosgailte
radical lenition eclipsis
fosgailte fhosgailte bhfosgailte

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

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

  • (Lewis) IPA(key): /ˈfɤs̪kiʎtʲ(ə)/[1]
  • (Uist, Skye) IPA(key): /ˈfɔs̪kiltʲə/[2][3]
  • (Barra) IPA(key): /ˈfɤs̪kil̥tʲʌ/[4]
  • (Wester Ross) IPA(key): /ˈfos̪kil̥tʲ(ə)/[5][6]
  • (South Argyll) IPA(key): /ˈfɔs̪kultʲə/[3], /ˈfos̪kultʲə/

Verb

fosgailte

  1. past participle of fosgail

Adjective

fosgailte

  1. open, opened
  2. disclosed
  3. unlocked
  4. public

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Oftedal, M. (1956), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. III: The Gaelic of Leurbost, Isle of Lewis, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  2. ^ John MacPherson (1945) The Gaelic dialect of North Uist (Thesis)‎[1], Edinburgh: University of Edinburgh
  3. 3.0 3.1 Holmer, Nils M. (1938), Studies on Argyllshire Gaelic, Uppsala: Almqvist & Wiksells boktryckeri-A.-B., page 171
  4. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1937), The dialect of Barra in the Outer Hebrides, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap
  5. ^ Borgstrøm, Carl Hj. (1941), A linguistic survey of the Gaelic dialects of Scotland, Vol. II: The dialects of Skye and Ross-shire, Oslo: Norsk Tidsskrift for Sprogvidenskap, page 73
  6. ^ Wentworth, Roy (2003), Gaelic Words and Phrases From Wester Ross / Faclan is Abairtean à Ros an Iar, Inverness: CLÀR, →ISBN

Further reading

  • Edward Dwelly (1911), “fosgailte”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN