Faolán
Irish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish Fáelán. By surface analysis, faol (“wolf”) + -án.
Proper noun edit
Faolán m (genitive Fhaoláin)
- a male given name from Old Irish
Declension edit
Declension of Faolán
Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms edit
- Faolánach (“person named Ó Faoláin or Ní Fhaoláin”)
- Mac Giolla Fhaoláin
- Ó Faoláin
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
Faolán | Fhaolán | bhFaolán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading edit
- Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 92