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Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle Irish ferthain (“giving forth, pouring, showering”), from the verbal noun of Old Irish feraid (“grant, afford, supply”).
Pronunciation
Noun
fearthainn f (genitive singular fearthainne)
- rain (condensed water from a cloud)
- rainfall
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Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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| fearthainn
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fhearthainn
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bhfearthainn
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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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