fionnán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • feannán, fionnánach

Etymology

From fionn (“fair, blond”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲan̪ˠanˠ/[1] (corresponding to the form feannán)

Noun

fionnán m (genitive singular fionnáin, nominative plural fionnáin)

  1. purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)

Declension

Declension of fionnán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fionnán fionnáin
vocative a fhionnáin a fhionnána
genitive fionnáin fionnán
dative fionnán fionnáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fionnán na fionnáin
genitive an fhionnáin na bhfionnán
dative leis an bhfionnán
don fhionnán 		leis na fionnáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fionnán
radical lenition eclipsis
fionnán fhionnán bhfionnán

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

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 42

Further reading

  • “fionnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  • Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fionnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 316
  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fionnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
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