foilmhe in Irish

IPA: [ˈfˠɛlʲəvʲə] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Etymology: From Old Irish foilme (“emptiness, want”), from folam (“empty”) (modern folamh). Etymology templates: {{inh|ga|sga|foilme|t=emptiness, want}} Old Irish foilme (“emptiness, want”) Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|foilmhe|||||||nominative plural|foilmhí|||||cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=f|g2=|g3=|head=|var=}} foilmhe f (genitive singular foilmhe, nominative plural foilmhí), {{ga-noun|f|~|foilmhí}} foilmhe f (genitive singular foilmhe, nominative plural foilmhí) Forms: foilmhe [genitive, singular], foilmhí [nominative, plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fhoilmhe [definite, nominative, singular], na foilmhí [definite, nominative, plural], na foilmhe [definite, genitive, singular], na bhfoilmhí [definite, genitive, plural], leis an bhfoilmhe [dative, definite, singular], don fhoilmhe [dative, definite, singular], leis na foilmhí [dative, definite, plural]

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"foilmhe" meaning in Irish

Adjective

Noun