foirnéis

See also: fòirneis

Irish

Etymology

From Old French fornais (compare Manx furnish, Scottish Gaelic fòirneis), from Latin fornāx.

Noun

foirnéis f (genitive singular foirnéise, nominative plural foirnéisí)

  1. furnace

Declension
Declension of foirnéis

Second declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative foirnéis foirnéisí
Vocative a fhoirnéis a fhoirnéisí
Genitive foirnéise foirnéisí
Dative foirnéis foirnéisí

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fhoirnéis na foirnéisí
Genitive na foirnéise na bhfoirnéisí
Dative leis an bhfoirnéis

don fhoirnéis

 leis na foirnéisí

Derived terms
  • craos foirnéise (“throat of furnace”)
  • foirnéis athghinte (“regenerating furnace”)
  • foirnéis bhruithnithe (“smelting furnace”)
  • foirnéis fhrithspréite (“reverberatory (furnace)”)
  • foirnéis shuaite (“puddling-furnace”)
  • foirnéis soinneáin (“blast-furnace”)
  • foirnéis theallachoscailte (“open-hearth furnace”)
  • gráta foirnéise (“furnace-grate”)
  • mufalfhoirnéis (“muffle-furnace”)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
foirnéis fhoirnéis bhfoirnéis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
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