Fionnabhair

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Irish Finnabair, from Old Irish Findabair, from Proto-Celtic *Windo-sēbaris; cognate with English Guinevere and Jennifer.

Proper noun[edit]

Fionnabhair f (genitive Fhionnabhra)

  1. a female given name

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Fionnabhair Fhionnabhair bhFionnabhair
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading[edit]

  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, pages 100–01