"fostú" meaning in Irish

See fostú in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈfˠosˠt̪ˠuː/
Etymology: From Middle Irish fastud, fostud, ostud, from Old Irish astud, verbal noun of ad·suidi. Etymology templates: {{root|ga|ine-pro|*sed-}}, {{der|ga|mga|fastud}} Middle Irish fastud, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “fostad”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}}, {{der|ga|sga|astud}} Old Irish astud, {{ref|<span class="cited-source">Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (<span class="None" lang="und">2019), “astud”, in <cite>eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language</cite></span></span>}} Head templates: {{head|ga|noun|genitive singular|fostaithe||||||||-|||||altform=|cat2=|f1request=1|f4request=1|g=m|g2=|g3=|head=}} fostú m (genitive singular fostaithe), {{ga-noun|m|fostaithe|-}} fostú m (genitive singular fostaithe) Inflection templates: {{ga-mut}} Forms: fostaithe [genitive, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fostú [indefinite, nominative, singular], a fhostú [indefinite, singular, vocative], fostaithe [genitive, indefinite, singular], fostú [dative, indefinite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], an fostú [definite, nominative, singular], an fhostaithe [definite, genitive, singular], leis an bhfostú [dative, definite, singular], don fhostú [dative, definite, singular], no-table-tags [table-tags], fostú [error-unrecognized-form], fhostú [lenition], bhfostú [eclipsis], fastadh [alternative], fastó [alternative], fastódh [alternative], fastú [alternative], fastós [alternative, Cois-Fharraige], fastughadh [alternative], fostadh [alternative], fostódh [alternative], fostughadh [alternative], fasdódh [alternative, obsolete], fosdadh [alternative, obsolete], fosdughudh [alternative, obsolete]
  1. verbal noun of fostaigh Tags: form-of, masculine, noun-from-verb Form of: fostaigh Derived forms: i bhfostú
    Sense id: en-fostú-ga-noun-Hj2E~qtX Categories (other): Irish entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Alternative forms

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