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Irish
Etymology
From Middle Irish ionnuaire; later reinterpreted as a compound of fionn (“white”) + fuaire. By surface analysis, fionnuar + -e.
Noun
fionnuaire f (genitive singular fionnuaire)
- coolness
Declension
Mutation
| Irish mutation
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| Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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| fionnuaire
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fhionnuaire
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bhfionnuaire
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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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Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ind(ḟ)úaire”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “fionn-ḟuaire”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fionnuaire”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN