fána

See also: fana, fanã, and fäna

Icelandic

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fauna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfauːna/
• Rhymes: -auːna

Noun

fána f (genitive singular fánu, nominative plural fánur)

1. fauna

Declension

declension of fána

f-w1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	fána	fánan	fánur	fánurnar
accusative	fánu	fánuna	fánur	fánurnar
dative	fánu	fánunni	fánum	fánunum
genitive	fánu	fánunnar	fána	fánanna

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Irish

Etymology 1

Noun

fána f (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánaí)

1. downward slope, declivity
2. depression, hollow
3. droop

Declension

Declension of fána

Fourth declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative fána fánaí Vocative a fhána a fhánaí Genitive fána fánaí Dative fána fánaí

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhána na fánaí Genitive na fána na bhfánaí Dative leis an bhfána don fhána leis na fánaí

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠæːnˠə/

Contraction

fána

1. Ulster form of faoina (“about his/her/their/which”)

Alternative forms

• fá n-a (superseded)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fána	fhána	bhfána
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• "fána" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.