fearthainn

Irish

Alternative forms

  • fearthain f

Etymology

From Middle Irish ferthain (“giving forth, pouring, showering”), from the verbal noun of Old Irish feraid (“grant, afford, supply”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fearthainn f (genitive singular fearthainne)

  1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)
  2. rainfall

Declension

Declension of fearthainn (second declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fearthainn
vocative a fhearthainn
genitive fearthainne
dative fearthainn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fhearthainn
genitive na fearthainne
dative leis an bhfearthainn
don fhearthainn

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fearthainn
radical lenition eclipsis
fearthainn fhearthainn bhfearthainn

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

References

  1. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), Zweiter Band: Wörterbuch [Second volume: Dictionary], Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 276, page 98

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