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Irish
Etymology 1
folláin + -e
Noun
folláine f (genitive singular folláine)
- healthiness; wholesomeness, soundness
Declension
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Adjective
folláine
- inflection of folláin (“healthy; wholesome, sound”):
- genitive singular feminine
- plural
- comparative degree
Mutation
Irish mutation
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Radical
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Lenition
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Eclipsis
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folláine
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fholláine
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bhfolláine
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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
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folláine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “folláine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
- “folláine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024