Inherited from Middle French faon, from Old French faon, feün, from Vulgar Latin *fētōnem, from Latin fētus (“offspring, progreny”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁(y)-. Compare Occitan fedon.
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faon m (plural faons)
Inherited from Middle Irish fáen.
faon (genitive singular masculine faoin, genitive singular feminine faoine, plural faona, comparative faoine)
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | faon | fhaon | faona; fhaona² | |
| Vocative | fhaoin | faona | ||
| Genitive | faoine | faona | faon | |
| Dative | faon; fhaon¹ |
fhaon; fhaoin (archaic) |
faona; fhaona² | |
| Comparative | níos faoine | |||
| Superlative | is faoine | |||
¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faon | fhaon | bhfaon |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
faon
faon oblique singular, m (oblique plural faons, nominative singular faons, nominative plural faon)