failléan

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See also: faillean

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

failléan m (genitive singular failléin)

  1. neglect
  2. waste, loss

Declension

Declension of failléan (first declension, no plural)
bare forms
case singular
nominative failléan
vocative a fhailléin
genitive failléin
dative failléan
forms with the definite article
case singular
nominative an failléan
genitive an fhailléin
dative leis an bhfailléan
don fhailléan

Mutation

Mutated forms of failléan
radical lenition eclipsis
failléan fhailléan bhfailléan

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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