fána

See also: fana, Fana, fanã, and fäna

Eastern Maninkakan

Alternative scripts

• ߝߣߊ߫ (nko)

Particle

fána

1. also

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Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauːna/
• Rhymes: -auːna

Noun

fána f (genitive singular fánu, nominative plural fánur)

1. fauna

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Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fán, from Proto-Celtic *wāgnā (“slope, depression, hollow”), possibly related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).

Noun

fána f (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánaí)

1. downward slope, declivity
2. depression, hollow
3. droop

Declension

Declension of fána

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fána fánaí Vocative a fhána a fhánaí Genitive fána fánaí Dative fána fánaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhána na fánaí Genitive na fána na bhfánaí Dative leis an bhfána don fhána leis na fánaí

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠæːnˠə/

Contraction

fána

1. Ulster form of faoina (“about his/her/their/which”)

Alternative forms

• fá n-a (superseded)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fána	fhána	bhfána
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN