Finnabair

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Old Irish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unknown; possibly from finn (white) +‎ síabair (ghost). Perhaps cognate with Proto-Brythonic *Gwɨnnohuɨβar.

Proper noun[edit]

Finnabair f

  1. a female given name

Descendants[edit]

  • Middle Irish: Findabair

Mutation[edit]

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
Finnabair Ḟinnabair Finnabair
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.