fiarlán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

fiarlán m (genitive singular fiarláin, nominative plural fiarláin)

1. zigzag

Declension

Declension of fiarlán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fiarlán fiarláin Vocative a fhiarláin a fhiarlána Genitive fiarláin fiarlán Dative fiarlán fiarláin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fiarlán na fiarláin Genitive an fhiarláin na bhfiarlán Dative leis an bhfiarlán don fhiarlán leis na fiarláin

Derived terms

• fiarlánach
• fuaigh fiarláin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fiarlán	fhiarlán	bhfiarlán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fiarlán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “fiarlán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “fiarlán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.