fonn

See also: fónn, fönn, fönn-, and fǫnn

Faroese

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫnn; cognate with Icelandic fönn, Danish fon.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔnː/
    Rhymes: -ɔnː

Noun

fonn f (genitive singular fannar, plural fannir)

  1. snowdrift
  2. bow wash, bow wave

Declension

f4 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative fonn fonnin fannir fannirnar
accusative fonn fonnina fannir fannirnar
dative fonn fonnini fonnum fonnunum
genitive fannar fannarinnar fanna fannanna

Synonyms

Irish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Middle Irish fonn (“desire, fondness”).[4]

Noun

fonn m (genitive singular foinn)

  1. desire, urge
  2. mood (with chun or the genitive of what the person is in the mood for)
    Tá fonn orm chun damhsa.
    I feel like dancing; I’m in the mood for dancing.
    Tá fonn damhsa orm.
    I feel like dancing; I’m in the mood for dancing.
Declension
Declension of fonn (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
singular
nominative fonn
vocative a fhoinn
genitive foinn
dative fonn
forms with the definite article
singular
nominative an fonn
genitive an fhoinn
dative leis an bhfonn
don fhonn
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Middle Irish fonn (“melody, song”).[5]

Noun

fonn m (genitive singular foinn, nominative plural foinn)

  1. (music) air (song)
Declension
Declension of fonn (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fonn foinn
vocative a fhoinn a fhonna
genitive foinn fonn
dative fonn foinn
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fonn na foinn
genitive an fhoinn na bhfonn
dative leis an bhfonn
don fhonn 		leis na foinn
Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of fonn
radical lenition eclipsis
fonn fhonn bhfonn

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 117
  2. ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 52, page 28
  3. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 236, page 86
  4. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “2 fonn (‘desire, fondness’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  5. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 fonn (‘melody, song’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Further reading

Middle Irish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɸon͈/

Etymology 1

Noun

fonn m

  1. desire, fondness, pleasure (in something)
Descendants
  • Irish: fonn

Further reading

Etymology 2

Perhaps an extension of etymology 1.

Noun

fonn m

  1. melody, song
Descendants

Further reading

Mutation

Mutation of fonn
radical lenition nasalization
fonn ḟonn fonn
pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Old Norse fǫnn.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔnː/

Noun

fonn f (plural fonna)

  1. a snowdrift
  2. an avalanche
  3. a glacier

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Irish

Etymology

Possibly a late or variant form of bonn (“sole, foot”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɸon͈]

Noun

fonn m or n

  1. sole (of the foot):
  2. base, bottom, foundation
  3. soil, ground, (by extension) piece of land, territory

Inflection

Masculine o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fonn fonnL fuinnL
vocative fuinn fonnL fonnuH
accusative fonnN fonnL fonnuH
genitive fuinnL fonn fonnN
dative fonnL fonnaib fonnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization
Neuter o-stem
singular dual plural
nominative fonnN fonnN fonnL, fonna
vocative fonnN fonnN fonnL, fonna
accusative fonnN fonnN fonnL, fonna
genitive fuinnL fonn fonnN
dative fonnL fonnaib fonnaib
Initial mutations of a following adjective:
  • H = triggers aspiration
  • L = triggers lenition
  • N = triggers nasalization

Mutation

Mutation of fonn
radical lenition nasalization
fonn ḟonn fonn
pronounced with /β̃-/

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

References

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fonn (“melody, song”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɔun̪ˠ/

Noun

fonn m (genitive singular fuinn, plural fuinn)

  1. tune, melody

Synonyms

Mutation

Mutation of fonn
radical lenition
fonn fhonn

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “3 fonn (‘melody, song’)”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Vilamovian

Noun

fonn

  1. plural of fōn (“flag”)
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