See also: fion

Irish

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Etymology

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From Old Irish fín, from Latin vīnum,[1] from Proto-Indo-European *wóyh₁nom.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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fíon m (genitive singular fíona, nominative plural fíonta)

  1. wine

Declension

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Derived terms

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See also

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Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fíon fhíon bhfíon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112

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