fodha

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fóu. Cognates include Irish faoi and Manx fo.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfoə/
  • Hyphenation: fodh‧a

Adverb

fodha

  1. down, underneath, sunken
    Chaidh am bàta fodha. ― The boat sank. (literally, “The boat went down.”)

Pronoun

fodha

  1. third-person singular masculine of fo: under him, under it

Inflection
Personal inflection of fo
Number Person Simple Emphatic
Singular 1st fodham fodhamsa
2nd fodhad fodhadsa
3rd m fodha fodhasan
3rd f fòidhpe fòidhpese
Plural 1st fodhainn fodhainne
2nd fodhaibh fodhaibhse
3rd fòdhpa fòdhpasan

References
  • Colin Mark (2003), “fo”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 307
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