folláin

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Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle Irish follán, from Old Irish fo- + slán.

Pronunciation

Adjective

folláin (genitive singular masculine folláin, genitive singular feminine folláine, plural folláine, comparative folláine)

  1. healthy; wholesome, sound
    Synonym: sláintiúil

Declension

Declension of folláin
Singular Plural (m/f)
Positive Masculine Feminine (strong noun) (weak noun)
Nominative folláin fholláin folláine;
fholláine²
Vocative fholláin folláine
Genitive folláine folláine folláin
Dative folláin;
fholláin¹ 		fholláin folláine;
fholláine²
Comparative níos folláine
Superlative is folláine

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Derived terms

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
folláin fholláin bhfolláin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  1. ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 7

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