fearán

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish ferán (“little man, mannikin”), from fer (“man”); equivalent to fear (“man”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

fearán m (genitive singular fearáin, nominative plural fearáin)

  1. dove

Declension

Declension of fearán (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative fearán fearáin
vocative a fhearáin a fhearána
genitive fearáin fearán
dative fearán fearáin
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an fearán na fearáin
genitive an fhearáin na bhfearán
dative leis an bhfearán
don fhearán 		leis na fearáin

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Mutation

Mutated forms of fearán
radical lenition eclipsis
fearán fhearán bhfearán

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

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