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.
| radical | lenition | eclipsis |
|---|---|---|
| faon | fhaon | bhfaon |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
faon
faon oblique singular, m (oblique plural faons, nominative singular faons, nominative plural faon)