fann
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish fann (“weak, helpless”), from Proto-Celtic *wannos. Cognate with Welsh gwan.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
fann (genitive singular masculine fainn, genitive singular feminine fainne, plural fanna, comparative fainne)
Declension
Declension of fann
Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
Nominative | fann | fhann | fanna; fhanna² | |
Vocative | fhainn | fanna | ||
Genitive | fainne | fanna | fann | |
Dative | fann; fhann¹ |
fhann; fhainn (archaic) |
fanna; fhanna² | |
Comparative | níos fainne | |||
Superlative | is fainne |
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
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Luxembourgish
Pronunciation
Verb
fann
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fennaid (“to flay, skin”).
Verb
fann (verbal noun fanney, past participle fant)
Derived terms
Mutation
Manx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fann | ann | vann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
fann
Norwegian Nynorsk
Verb
fann
Old English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Noun
fann f
Declension
Declension of fann (strong ō-stem)
Derived terms
- fannian (“to winnow corn”)
Descendants
References
- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Norse
Verb
fann
Swedish
Verb
fann
- (deprecated template usage) past tense of finna.
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