feochán

See also: feochan

Irish

Etymology

Alteration of feochan influenced by -án

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲɔxanˠ/, /ˈfʲɔxan̪ˠ/

Noun

feochán m (genitive singular feocháin, nominative plural feocháin)

1. Alternative form of feothan (“breeze, gust”)

Declension

Declension of feochán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative feochán feocháin Vocative a fheocháin a fheochána Genitive feocháin feochán Dative feochán feocháin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an feochán na feocháin Genitive an fheocháin na bhfeochán Dative leis an bhfeochán don fheochán leis na feocháin

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feochán	fheochán	bhfeochán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 73