fearán
Irish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Old Irish ferán (“little man, mannikin”), from fer (“man”); equivalent to fear (“man”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Noun edit
fearán m (genitive singular fearáin, nominative plural fearáin)
Declension edit
Declension of fearán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms edit
Derived terms edit
- fearán baicdhubh (“collared dove”)
- fearán binne (“rock-dove”)
- fearán breac, fearán eidhinn (“turtle-dove”)
Mutation edit
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fearán | fhearán | bhfearán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References edit
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ferán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language