Fachtna

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Irish

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 Fachtna on Wikipedia

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Related to Fachanan, Fachtnán, Fachtnan and Faughnan.[1] Perhaps derived from Latin facundus.

See also Cill Fachna Bheag and Kilfaughnabeg.[2]

Proper noun

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Fachtna m (genitive Fachtna)

  1. a male given name

Mutation

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Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Fachtna Fhachtna bhFachtna
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

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  1. ^ Fachtna, Dictionary of National Biography 1885-1900, wikisource.org
  2. ^ Cill Fachna Bheag, logainm.ie