Fionnghall

Irish

Etymology

From fionn (“fair”) +‎ Gall (“foreigner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʲuːnɣal/

Noun

Fionnghall m (genitive singular Fionnghaill, nominative plural Fionnghaill)

1. (historical) fair-haired foreigner, Norseman

Declension

Declension of Fionnghall

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative Fionnghall Fionnghaill Vocative a Fhionnghaill a Fhionnghalla Genitive Fionnghaill Fionnghall Dative Fionnghall Fionnghaill

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an Fionnghall na Fionnghaill Genitive an Fhionnghaill na bhFionnghall Dative leis an bhFionnghall don Fhionnghall leis na Fionnghaill

Proper noun

Fionnghall m (genitive Fionnghaill)

1. a male given name.

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
Fionnghall	Fhionnghall	bhFionnghall
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

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