fòn

See also: Appendix:Variations of "fon"

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English phone.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /foːn/

Noun

fòn m or f (genitive singular fòn, plural fònaichean)

  1. telephone

Usage notes

  • This recently borrowed word has not fully been integrated into Scottish Gaelic grammar. Thus, in the dative case, air a' fòn (“on the phone”) is usually heard, rather than the grammatically expected air an fhòn.

Derived terms

Verb

fòn (past dh'fhòn, future fònaidh, verbal noun fònadh, past participle fònte)

  1. telephone

Mutation

Mutation of fòn
radical lenition
fòn fhòn

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

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