faithne
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editfaithne m (genitive singular faithne, nominative plural faithní)
Declension
editDeclension of faithne
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
edit- faithne ailse (“cancerous growth”, literally “cancer wart”)
- faithneach (“warty; tuberculate”, adjective)
Mutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faithne | fhaithne | bhfaithne |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faithne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faithne”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN