fallain

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish follán, from fo- +‎ slán.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfal̪ˠəɲ/

Adjective

fallain

1. able-bodied, hail, healthy, orthodox, salubrious, sound, well, wholesome

Derived terms

• fallaineachd
• mì-fhallain

 

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
fallain	fhallain
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “fallain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “follán, fallán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language