fìon

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fín, from Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiən/

Noun

fìon m (genitive singular fìona, plural fìontan)

1. wine
2. (obsolete) truth

Derived terms

• fìon-geur m (“vinegar”)

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fìon	fhìon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Edward Dwelly (1911) “fìon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎^[1], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language