Flóndras
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Irish
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English Flaunders, Flaundress, flawndirs, from Old French Flandres, from Middle Dutch vlâendren. Compare Scottish Gaelic Flannras.
Proper noun
[edit]Flóndras m (genitive Flóndrais)
- Flanders (an administrative region in the north of Belgium, consisting of the Dutch-speaking area of Belgium)
- (historical) Flanders (historical county)
Related terms
[edit]- Pléimeannach (“Fleming, Flemish”)
Mutation
[edit]| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| Flóndras | Fhlóndras | bhFlóndras |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
[edit]- ^ “Flóndras”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927) “Flóndras”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society