folean

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Irish

Etymology

From fo- +‎ lean.

Verb

folean (present analytic foleanann, future analytic foleanfaidh, verbal noun foleanúint, past participle foleanta)

  1. (transitive) follow, trail after

Conjugation

conjugation of folean (first conjugation – A)
verbal noun foleanúint
past participle foleanta
tense singular plural relative autonomous
first second third first second third
indicative
present foleanaim foleanann tú;
foleanair† 		foleanann sé, sí foleanaimid foleanann sibh foleanann siad;
foleanaid† 		a fholeanann; a fholeanas /
a bhfoleanann* 		foleantar
past d'fholean mé; d'fholeanas /
fholean mé‡; fholeanas‡ 		d'fholean tú; d'fholeanais /
fholean tú; fholeanais‡ 		d'fholean sé, sí /
fholean sé, sí‡ 		d'fholeanamar; d'fholean muid /
fholeanamar; fholean muid‡ 		d'fholean sibh; d'fholeanabhair /
fholean sibh;
fholeanabhair‡ 		d'fholean siad; d'fholeanadar /
fholean siad; fholeanadar‡ 		a d'fholean /
ar fholean* 		foleanadh
past habitual d'fholeanainn /
fholeanainn‡; bhfoleanainn‡‡ 		d'fholeantá /
fholeantá‡; bhfoleantᇇ 		d'fholeanadh sé, sí /
fholeanadh sé, sí‡; bhfoleanadh sé, s퇇 		d'fholeanaimis; d'fholeanadh muid /
fholeanaimis; fholeanadh muid‡; bhfoleanaimis‡‡; bhfoleanadh muid‡‡ 		d'fholeanadh sibh /
fholeanadh sibh‡; bhfoleanadh sibh‡‡ 		d'fholeanaidís; d'fholeanadh siad /
fholeanaidís; fholeanadh siad‡; bhfoleanaidís‡‡; bhfoleanadh siad‡‡ 		a d'fholeanadh /
a bhfoleanadh* 		d'fholeantaí /
fholeantaí‡; bhfoleanta퇇
future foleanfaidh mé;
foleanfad 		foleanfaidh tú;
foleanfair† 		foleanfaidh sé, sí foleanfaimid;
foleanfaidh muid 		foleanfaidh sibh foleanfaidh siad;
foleanfaid† 		a fholeanfaidh; a fholeanfas /
a bhfoleanfaidh* 		foleanfar
conditional d'fholeanfainn / fholeanfainn‡; bhfoleanfainn‡‡ d'fholeanfá / fholeanfá‡; bhfoleanfᇇ d'fholeanfadh sé, sí / fholeanfadh sé, sí‡; bhfoleanfadh sé, s퇇 d'fholeanfaimis; d'fholeanfadh muid / fholeanfaimis‡; fholeanfadh muid‡; bhfoleanfaimis‡‡; bhfoleanfadh muid‡‡ d'fholeanfadh sibh / fholeanfadh sibh‡; bhfoleanfadh sibh‡‡ d'fholeanfaidís; d'fholeanfadh siad / fholeanfaidís‡; fholeanfadh siad‡; bhfoleanfaidís‡‡; bhfoleanfadh siad‡‡ a d'fholeanfadh /
a bhfoleanfadh* 		d'fholeanfaí / fholeanfaí‡; bhfoleanfa퇇
subjunctive
present go bhfoleana mé;
go bhfoleanad† 		go bhfoleana tú;
go bhfoleanair† 		go bhfoleana sé, sí go bhfoleanaimid;
go bhfoleana muid 		go bhfoleana sibh go bhfoleana siad;
go bhfoleanaid† 		— go bhfoleantar
past dá bhfoleanainn dá bhfoleantá dá bhfoleanadh sé, sí dá bhfoleanaimis;
dá bhfoleanadh muid 		dá bhfoleanadh sibh dá bhfoleanaidís;
dá bhfoleanadh siad 		— dá bhfoleantaí
imperative
– foleanaim folean foleanadh sé, sí foleanaimis foleanaigí;
foleanaidh† 		foleanaidís — foleantar

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

Derived terms

Mutation

Mutated forms of folean
radical lenition eclipsis
folean fholean bhfolean

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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