i bhfostú

Irish

Alternative forms

  • i bhfastadh, i bhfastó, i bhfastódh, i bhfastú
  • i bhfastódh, i bhfastughadh, i bhfastó, i bhfastódh (superseded)
  • i bhfasdódh (obsolete)[1]

Etymology

Literally, “in entanglement”

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ə ˈwosˠt̪ˠuː/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ə ˈwasˠt̪ˠə/[2]

Phrase

i bhfostú

  1. entangled, caught [with i ‘in’]

References

  1. ^ “fostú”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906), A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 212

Further reading

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