fóisc

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish fóisc, a variant of óisc (“young ewe”).

Noun

fóisc f (genitive singular fóisce, nominative plural fóisceacha or fóisceanna)

1. yearling ewe

   Synonym: uan bliana

Declension

Declension of fóisc

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fóisc fóisceacha Vocative a fhóisc a fhóisceacha Genitive fóisce fóisceacha Dative fóisc fóisceacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhóisc na fóisceacha Genitive na fóisce na bhfóisceacha Dative leis an bhfóisc don fhóisc leis na fóisceacha

• Alternative plural: fóisceanna

Derived terms

• athfhóisc (“two-year-old ewe”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fóisc	fhóisc	bhfóisc
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fóisc”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fóisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “óisc”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fóisc”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fóisc”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024