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Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).
Noun
faoileann f (genitive singular faoilinne, nominative plural faoileanna)
- fair maiden
- Alternative form of faoileán (“seagull”)
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| faoileann
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fhaoileann
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bhfaoileann
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| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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Further reading
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).
Noun
faoileann f (genitive singular faoilinn, plural faoileannan)
- seagull, common white gull, mew
Usage notes
See also faoileag.
References
- Edward Dwelly (1911) “faoileann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary], 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
- MacLennan, Malcolm (1925) A Pronouncing and Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Edinburgh: J. Grant, →OCLC
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faílenn, foílenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language