feann

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fennaid, denominative from finnae (“hair”) (compare finnfad), from Proto-Celtic *wendom.

Pronunciation

Verb

feann (present analytic feannann, future analytic feannfaidh, verbal noun feannadh, past participle feannta)

  1. to skin, flay
  2. to fleece (con or trick someone out of money)
  3. to strip (take away), plunder
  4. to damn (condemn), slate (criticize harshly)

Conjugation

conjugation of feann (first conjugation – A)
singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative present feannaim feannann tú;
feannair† 		feannann sé, sí feannaimid feannann sibh feannann siad;
feannaid† 		a fheannann; a fheannas /
a bhfeannann* 		feanntar
past d'fheann mé; d'fheannas /
fheann mé‡; fheannas‡ 		d'fheann tú; d'fheannais /
fheann tú; fheannais‡ 		d'fheann sé, sí /
fheann sé, sí‡ 		d'fheannamar; d'fheann muid /
fheannamar; fheann muid‡ 		d'fheann sibh; d'fheannabhair /
fheann sibh;
fheannabhair‡ 		d'fheann siad; d'fheannadar /
fheann siad; fheannadar‡ 		a d'fheann /
ar fheann* 		feannadh
past habitual d'fheannainn /
fheannainn‡; bhfeannainn‡‡ 		d'fheanntá /
fheanntá‡; bhfeanntᇇ 		d'fheannadh sé, sí /
fheannadh sé, sí‡; bhfeannadh sé, s퇇 		d'fheannaimis; d'fheannadh muid /
fheannaimis; fheannadh muid‡; bhfeannaimis‡‡; bhfeannadh muid‡‡ 		d'fheannadh sibh /
fheannadh sibh‡; bhfeannadh sibh‡‡ 		d'fheannaidís; d'fheannadh siad /
fheannaidís; fheannadh siad‡; bhfeannaidís‡‡; bhfeannadh siad‡‡ 		a d'fheannadh /
a bhfeannadh* 		d'fheanntaí /
fheanntaí‡; bhfeannta퇇
future feannfaidh mé;
feannfad 		feannfaidh tú;
feannfair† 		feannfaidh sé, sí feannfaimid;
feannfaidh muid 		feannfaidh sibh feannfaidh siad;
feannfaid† 		a fheannfaidh; a fheannfas /
a bhfeannfaidh* 		feannfar
conditional d'fheannfainn / fheannfainn‡; bhfeannfainn‡‡ d'fheannfá / fheannfá‡; bhfeannfᇇ d'fheannfadh sé, sí / fheannfadh sé, sí‡; bhfeannfadh sé, s퇇 d'fheannfaimis; d'fheannfadh muid / fheannfaimis‡; fheannfadh muid‡; bhfeannfaimis‡‡; bhfeannfadh muid‡‡ d'fheannfadh sibh / fheannfadh sibh‡; bhfeannfadh sibh‡‡ d'fheannfaidís; d'fheannfadh siad / fheannfaidís‡; fheannfadh siad‡; bhfeannfaidís‡‡; bhfeannfadh siad‡‡ a d'fheannfadh /
a bhfeannfadh* 		d'fheannfaí / fheannfaí‡; bhfeannfa퇇
subjunctive present go bhfeanna mé;
go bhfeannad† 		go bhfeanna tú;
go bhfeannair† 		go bhfeanna sé, sí go bhfeannaimid;
go bhfeanna muid 		go bhfeanna sibh go bhfeanna siad;
go bhfeannaid† 		— go bhfeanntar
past dá bhfeannainn dá bhfeanntá dá bhfeannadh sé, sí dá bhfeannaimis;
dá bhfeannadh muid 		dá bhfeannadh sibh dá bhfeannaidís;
dá bhfeannadh siad 		— dá bhfeanntaí
imperative feannaim feann feannadh sé, sí feannaimis feannaigí;
feannaidh† 		feannaidís — feanntar
verbal noun feannadh
past participle feannta

* indirect relative
† archaic or dialect form
‡ dependent form
‡‡ dependent form used with particles that trigger eclipsis

Mutation

Mutated forms of feann
radical lenition eclipsis
feann fheann bhfeann

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

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish fennaid, denominative from finnae (“hair”) (compare finnfad), from Proto-Celtic *wendom.

Pronunciation

Verb

feann (past dh'fheann, future feannaidh, verbal noun feannadh)

  1. flay, skin, fleece
  2. remove turf to get at peat underneath

Mutation

Mutation of feann
radical lenition
feann fheann

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

Further reading

  • MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “feann”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎, Stirling, →ISBN
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “feann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fennaid”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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