faighin
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean.
Noun
editfaighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)
Declension
editDeclension of faighin
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faighin | fhaighin | bhfaighin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faighin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faighin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “faighin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024