fearannas

Irish

Alternative forms

• fearantas, fearannacht
• fearanntas, fearanntus, fearantus (superseded)
• ferontas (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Irish ferannus. By surface analysis, fearann +‎ -as.

Noun

fearannas m (genitive singular fearannais)

1. landed property or the possession of such

Declension

Declension of fearannas

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative fearannas Vocative a fhearannais Genitive fearannais Dative fearannas

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Nominative an fearannas Genitive an fhearannais Dative leis an bhfearannas don fhearannas

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fearannas	fhearannas	bhfearannas
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fearannas”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “feranntas”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fearannas”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 304
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearannas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN