fionnán

Irish

Alternative forms

• feannán, fionnánach

Etymology

From fionn (“fair, blond”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲan̪ˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the form feannán)

Noun

fionnán m (genitive singular fionnáin, nominative plural fionnáin)

1. purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)

Declension

Declension of fionnán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fionnán fionnáin Vocative a fhionnáin a fhionnána Genitive fionnáin fionnán Dative fionnán fionnáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fionnán na fionnáin Genitive an fhionnáin na bhfionnán Dative leis an bhfionnán don fhionnán leis na fionnáin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fionnán	fhionnán	bhfionnán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• “fionnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fionnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 316
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fionnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN