faighin

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean.

Noun

faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)

  1. sheath
    1. scabbard
    2. case, shell
  2. vagina
    Synonyms: (colloquial) coinín, pit

Declension

Declension of faighin (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faighin faighneacha
vocative a fhaighin a fhaighneacha
genitive faighne faighneacha
dative faighin faighneacha
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhaighin na faighneacha
genitive na faighne na bhfaighneacha
dative leis an bhfaighin
don fhaighin 		leis na faighneacha

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of faighin
radical lenition eclipsis
faighin fhaighin bhfaighin

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

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