faisean

Irish

Alternative forms

• faisiún

Etymology

From English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaʃən̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠaʃənˠ/

Noun

faisean m (genitive singular faisin, nominative plural faisin)

1. fashion

Declension

Declension of faisean

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative faisean faisin Vocative a fhaisin a fhaiseana Genitive faisin faisean Dative faisean faisin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an faisean na faisin Genitive an fhaisin na bhfaisean Dative leis an bhfaisean don fhaisean leis na faisin

Derived terms

• fág an tír nó bí san fhaisean
• faiseanta

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faisean	fhaisean	bhfaisean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “faisean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faisean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faisean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN