fána
Eastern Maninkakan edit
Alternative scripts edit
- ߝߣߊ߫ (nko)
Particle edit
fána
Icelandic edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fána f (genitive singular fánu, nominative plural fánur)
Declension edit
Irish edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːn̪ˠə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːnˠə/, /ˈfˠɑːn̪ˠə/[1]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaːnˠə/, /ˈfˠaːn̪ˠə/
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Irish fán, from Proto-Celtic *wāgnā (“slope, depression, hollow”), hence also Welsh gwaun. Possibly related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[2]
Alternative forms edit
Noun edit
fána f (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánaí)
Declension edit
Declension of fána
Derived terms edit
- le fána (“down, away”)
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2 edit
Contraction edit
fána
Alternative forms edit
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fána | fhána | bhfána |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wagno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-02