fòirneis

See also: foirnéis

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old French fornais (compare Irish foirnéis, Manx furnish), from Latin fornāx.

Noun

fòirneis f (genitive singular fòirneise, plural fòirneisí)

  1. furnace

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
RadicalLenition
fòirneisfhòirneis
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “2 foirnéis” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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