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foilmhe

foilmhe

Irish

Noun

foilmhe f ‎(genitive singular foilmhe, nominative plural foilmhí)

emptiness, blankness, vacuity, inanition

Declension

Declension of foilmhe

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	foilmhe	foilmhí
Vocative	a fhoilmhe	a fhoilmhí
Genitive	foilmhe	foilmhí
Dative	foilmhe	foilmhí

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an fhoilmhe	na foilmhí
Genitive	na foilmhe	na bhfoilmhí
Dative	leis an bhfoilmhe don fhoilmhe	leis na foilmhí

Etymology 2

Adjective

foilmhe

genitive singular feminine of folamh
comparative degree of folamh

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
foilmhe	fhoilmhe	bhfoilmhe
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

"foilmhe" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
“foilme” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.