fostú

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fastud, fostud,[2] ostud, from Old Irish astud,[3] verbal noun of ad·suidi.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠosˠt̪ˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfasˠt̪ˠə/

Noun

fostú m (genitive singular fostaithe)

  1. verbal noun of fostaigh

Declension

Declension of fostú (irregular, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fostú
vocative a fhostú
genitive fostaithe
dative fostú
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fostú
genitive an fhostaithe
dative leis an bhfostú
don fhostú

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fostú
radical lenition eclipsis
fostú fhostú bhfostú

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

References

  1. ^ “fostú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fostad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “astud”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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