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Irish
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)
- gull, seagull (seabird)
- Synonym: (Ulster) faoileog
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| faoileán
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fhaoileán
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bhfaoileán
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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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References
- ^ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “faílenn, foílenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 118
- ^ 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
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faoileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “faoileán”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “faoileán”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024