fuarán

See also: fuaran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úarán (“spring”), from úar (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠuəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈfˠuəɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəɾˠanˠ/, /ˈfˠuəɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

fuarán m (genitive singular fuaráin, nominative plural fuaráin)

1. fountain, spring

Declension

Declension of fuarán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative fuarán fuaráin Vocative a fhuaráin a fhuarána Genitive fuaráin fuarán Dative fuarán fuaráin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an fuarán na fuaráin Genitive an fhuaráin na bhfuarán Dative leis an bhfuarán don fhuarán leis na fuaráin

Derived terms

• fuaránach
• fuaránta

Related terms

• fuar

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language