faithne

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish faithne.[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

faithne m (genitive singular faithne, nominative plural faithní)

  1. wart

Declension

Declension of faithne (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faithne faithní
vocative a fhaithne a fhaithní
genitive faithne faithní
dative faithne faithní
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an faithne na faithní
genitive an fhaithne na bhfaithní
dative leis an bhfaithne
don fhaithne 		leis na faithní

Derived terms

  • faithne ailse (“cancerous growth”, literally “cancer wart”)
  • faithneach (“warty; tuberculate”, adjective)

Mutation

Mutated forms of faithne
radical lenition eclipsis
faithne fhaithne bhfaithne

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

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faithne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

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