folláin

Irish

Alternative forms

  • falláin, foláin[1]

Etymology

From Middle Irish follán, from Old Irish fo- + slán.[2]

Pronunciation

  • (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠl̪ˠɑːnʲ/[3]
  • (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɔl̪ˠɑːnʲ/
  • (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠal̪ˠænʲ/[4] (corresponding to the variant falláin)

Adjective

folláin (genitive singular masculine folláin, genitive singular feminine folláine, plural folláine, comparative folláine)

  1. healthy; wholesome, sound
    Synonym: sláintiúil

Declension

Declension of folláin
Positive singular plural
masculine feminine strong noun weak noun
nominative folláin fholláin folláine;
fholláine2
vocative fholláin folláine
genitive folláine folláine folláin
dative folláin;
fholláin1 		fholláin folláine;
fholláine2
Comparative níos folláine
Superlative is folláine

1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of folláin
radical lenition eclipsis
folláin fholláin bhfolláin

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

References

  1. ^ “folláin”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
  2. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “follán, fallán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  3. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 279, page 138
  4. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 9, page 7

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