fann
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fann (“weak, helpless”), from Proto-Celtic *wannos. Cognate with Breton gwan, Old Cornish guan, and Welsh gwan.
Pronunciation edit
- (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠaun̪ˠ/
- (Aran, Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠan̪ˠ/
Adjective edit
fann (genitive singular masculine fainn, genitive singular feminine fainne, plural fanna, comparative fainne)
Declension edit
Declension of fann
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fann | fhann | fanna; fhanna² | |
Vocative | fhainn | fanna | ||
Genitive | fainne | fanna | fann | |
Dative | fann; fhann¹ |
fhann; fhainn (archaic) |
fanna; fhanna² | |
Comparative | níos fainne | |||
Superlative | is fainne |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Luxembourgish edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
fann
Manx edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish fennaid (“to flay, skin”).
Verb edit
fann (verbal noun fanney, past participle fant)
Derived terms edit
Mutation edit
Manx mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fann | ann | vann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
fann
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Verb edit
fann
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-West Germanic *βannu, *wannu (“winnowing fan”).
Noun edit
fann f
Declension edit
Declension of fann (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms edit
- fannian (“to winnow corn”)
Descendants edit
References edit
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Norse edit
Verb edit
fann
Swedish edit
Verb edit
fann
- past indicative of finna
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