fabhcún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French faucon, from Late Latin falcō.

Noun

fabhcún m (genitive singular fabhcúin, nominative plural fabhcúin)

1. falcon

Declension

Declension of fabhcún

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fabhcún fabhcúin Vocative a fhabhcúin a fhabhcúna Genitive fabhcúin fabhcún Dative fabhcún fabhcúin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fabhcún na fabhcúin Genitive an fhabhcúin na bhfabhcún Dative leis an bhfabhcún don fhabhcún leis na fabhcúin

Derived terms

• fabhcún gorm (“peregrine falcon”)
• fabhcún lanner (“lanner falcon”)
• fabhcún tuaithe (“gyrfalcon”)

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fabhcún	fhabhcún	bhfabhcún
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.