fabhcún

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French faucon, from Late Latin falcō.

Noun

fabhcún m (genitive singular fabhcúin, nominative plural fabhcúin)

1. falcon

Declension

Declension of fabhcún (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative fabhcún fabhcúin vocative a fhabhcúin a fhabhcúna genitive fabhcúin fabhcún dative fabhcún fabhcúin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fabhcún na fabhcúin genitive an fhabhcúin na bhfabhcún dative leis an bhfabhcún don fhabhcún leis na fabhcúin

Derived terms

• fabhcún gorm (“peregrine falcon”)
• fabhcún lanner (“lanner falcon”)
• fabhcún tuaithe (“gyrfalcon”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of fabhcún

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fabhcún	fhabhcún	bhfabhcún

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.