fobhóthar

Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ bóthar.

Noun

fobhóthar m (genitive singular fobhóthair, nominative plural fobhóithre)

1. byroad

   Synonyms: cúlbhóthar, cúlbhealach

Declension

Declension of fobhóthar (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fobhóthar fobhóithre vocative a fhobhóthair a fhobhóithre genitive fobhóthair fobhóithre dative fobhóthar fobhóithre forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fobhóthar na fobhóithre genitive an fhobhóthair na bhfobhóithre dative leis an bhfobhóthar don fhobhóthar leis na fobhóithre

Mutation

Mutated forms of fobhóthar

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fobhóthar	fhobhóthar	bhfobhóthar

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• “byroad”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2024
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fobhóthar”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm