feon

Esperanto

Noun

feon

  1. accusative singular of feo

Irish

Noun

feon m (genitive singular feoin, nominative plural feoin)

  1. alternative form of feothan (“breeze, gust”)

Declension

Declension of feon (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative feon feoin
vocative a fheoin a fheona
genitive feoin feon
dative feon feoin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an feon na feoin
genitive an fheoin na bhfeon
dative leis an bhfeon
don fheon 		leis na feoin

Mutation

Mutated forms of feon
radical lenition eclipsis
feon fheon bhfeon

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

Old English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fe͜oːn/

Verb

fēon (contracted)

  1. alternative form of fēoġan

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From an earlier *feḍon, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem. Attested in Philippe de Thaon's Bestiare.[1]

Pronunciation

  • (classical, late) IPA(key): /fəˈun/, /faˈun/, /fuˈun/

Noun

feon oblique singular, m (oblique plural feons, nominative singular feons, nominative plural feon)

  1. whelp (young animal)
  2. fawn (young deer)

Descendants

  • Franc-Comtois: fion
  • Lorrain: fawon, fâyon, fowon
  • Middle French: faon, fan
  • → Middle English: foun, faon, fawne, ffowen, foine, foowne, fowen, fown

References

  1. ^ “feon”, in DEAF: Dictionnaire Étymologique de l'Ancien Français, Heidelberg: Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften, 1968-.
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