folláin
Irish
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Middle Irish follán, from Old Irish fo- + slán.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠəˈl̪ˠɑːnʲ/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔl̪ˠɑːnʲ/
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠal̪ˠænʲ/ (corresponding to the variant falláin)[1]
Adjective
editfolláin (genitive singular masculine folláin, genitive singular feminine folláine, plural folláine, comparative folláine)
- healthy; wholesome, sound
- Synonym: sláintiúil
Declension
editDeclension of folláin
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | folláin | fholláin | folláine; fholláine² | |
Vocative | fholláin | folláine | ||
Genitive | folláine | folláine | folláin | |
Dative | folláin; fholláin¹ |
fholláin | folláine; fholláine² | |
Comparative | níos folláine | |||
Superlative | is folláine |
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
folláin | fholláin | bhfolláin |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folláin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “folláin”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 327
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “folláin”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “folláin”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “follán, fallán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language