dà-fhoghar

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From dà- (“bi-, di-, two-”) +‎ foghar (“phone”).

Noun

dà-fhoghar m (genitive singular dà-fhoghair, plural dà-fhogharan)

(phonetics) diphthong

Synonyms

Related terms

dà-ghuthach, dà-phuncach (“diphthongal”)

References

Edward Dwelly (1911), “dà-fhoghar”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN

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