fána
Learned borrowing from New Latin fauna, from Latin Fauna (“name of a rural goddess”).
fána f (genitive singular fánu, nominative plural fánur)
Declension of fána | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fána | fánan | fánur | fánurnar |
accusative | fánu | fánuna | fánur | fánurnar |
dative | fánu | fánunni | fánum | fánunum |
genitive | fánu | fánunnar | fána | fánanna |
From Old Irish fán, from Proto-Celtic *wāgnā (“slope, depression, hollow”), hence also Welsh gwaun. Possibly related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[2]
fána f (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánaí)
fána
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fána | fhána | bhfána |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |