fíniúin

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish fínemain, from Latin vindēmia.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fʲiːˈnʲuːnʲ/
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲuːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲiːnʲunʲ/

Noun

fíniúin f (genitive singular fíniúna, nominative plural fíniúnacha)

  1. (grape-)vine
  2. vineyard
    Synonym: fíonghort

Declension

Declension of fíniúin (third declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fíniúin fíniúnacha
vocative a fhíniúin a fhíniúnacha
genitive fíniúna fíniúnacha
dative fíniúin fíniúnacha
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fhíniúin na fíniúnacha
genitive na fíniúna na bhfíniúnacha
dative leis an bhfíniúin
don fhíniúin 		leis na fíniúnacha
  • fíniúnach (“abounding in (grape-)vines; abounding in vineyards”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fíniúin
radical lenition eclipsis
fíniúin fhíniúin bhfíniúin

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

  1. ^ “fíniúin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fínemain”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

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