fáinne
English
editNoun
editfáinne (plural fáinnes or fáinni)
- Alternative form of fainne
- 2000, Michael O'Sullivan, Brendan Behan: A Life, page 158:
- The Dublin Gaels with their golden fáinnes
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish fáinne,[1] form Old Irish áinne,[2] from Proto-Celtic *ānniyos (“ring”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁eh₂n- (“ring”). Possibly cognate with Latin ānus and Old Armenian անուր (anur). The initial f comes from a reinterpretation of áinne as fháinne in leniting environments, leading to fáinne as a back-formation in nonleniting environments. Compare Scottish Gaelic fàinne.
Pronunciation
edit- (Waterford) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːɲə/
- (Cork, Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːnʲə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːn̠ʲə/[3]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaːn̠ʲə/[4]
Noun
editfáinne m (genitive singular fáinne, nominative plural fáinní)
Declension
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Derived terms
edit- fáinne cluaise (“earring”)
- fáinne gealltanais (“engagement ring”)
- fáinneach (“annular”, adjective)
- fáinneog (“ringlet”)
- gásfháinne (“gas ring”)
- heitreafháinneach (“heterocyclic”, adjective)
- méar an fháinne (“ring finger”)
Descendants
editMutation
editradical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fáinne | fháinne | bhfáinne |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fáinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “áinne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 251, page 90
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fáinne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fáinne”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “fáinne”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
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