faoileán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish faílenn +‎ -án (diminutive suffix)[1] (ending has been reanalysed, based on a dialect or dialects where -ann and -án are homophones).

Pronunciation

Noun

faoileán m (genitive singular faoileáin, nominative plural faoileáin)

  1. gull, seagull (seabird)
    Synonym: (Ulster) faoileog

Declension

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faoileán fhaoileán bhfaoileán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faílenn, foílenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118
  3. ^ de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Institiúid Ard-Léinn Bhaile Átha Cliath [Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies], § 377 (p. 174) and p. 337

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