faoileann

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).

Noun

faoileann f (genitive singular faoilinne, nominative plural faoileanna)

  1. fair maiden
  2. Alternative form of faoileán (“seagull”)

Declension

Declension of faoileann (second declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative faoileann faoileanna
vocative a fhaoileann a fhaoileanna
genitive faoilinne faoileann
dative faoileann faoileanna
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an fhaoileann na faoileanna
genitive na faoilinne na bhfaoileann
dative leis an bhfaoileann
don fhaoileann 		leis na faoileanna

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of faoileann
radical lenition eclipsis
faoileann fhaoileann bhfaoileann

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

References

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish faílenn, foílenn (“seagull”).

Noun

faoileann f (genitive singular faoilinn, plural faoileannan)

  1. 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
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