Irish edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

From Old Irish faílenn + -án (diminutive suffix) (ending has been reanalysed, based on a dialect or dialects where -ann and -án are homophones).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

faoileán m (genitive singular faoileáin, nominative plural faoileáin)

  1. gull, seagull (seabird)
    Synonym: (Ulster) faoileog

Declension edit

Derived terms edit

Mutation edit

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoileán fhaoileán bhfaoileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References edit

  1. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 377 (p. 174) and p. 337