faighean
Irish
editNoun
editfaighean f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)
- Alternative form of faighin
Declension
editDeclension of faighean
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faighean | fhaighean | bhfaighean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faighin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Scottish Gaelic
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Irish faighin and Manx fine.
Noun
editfaighean m (genitive singular faighein, plural faighnean)
Mutation
editScottish Gaelic mutation | |
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Radical | Lenition |
faighean | fhaighean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Categories:
- Irish lemmas
- Irish nouns
- Irish feminine nouns
- Irish second-declension nouns
- Scottish Gaelic terms inherited from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Old Irish
- Scottish Gaelic terms derived from Latin
- Scottish Gaelic lemmas
- Scottish Gaelic nouns
- Scottish Gaelic masculine nouns
- Scottish Gaelic vulgarities
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