failmean

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalaman/
• Hyphenation: fail‧mean

Noun

failmean m

1. kneecap

Declension

Declension of failmean (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	failmean	failmein
Genitive	failmein	fhailmean
Dative	failmean	failmein; failmeanaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(am) failmean	(na) failmein
Genitive	(an) fhailmein	(nam) failmean
Dative	(an) fhailmean	(na) failmein; failmeanaibh✝
Vocative	fhailmein	fhailmeana

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Declension of failmean (type I masculine noun)

Indefinite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	failmean	failmeanan
Genitive	failmein	fhailmeanan
Dative	failmean	failmeanan; failmeanaibh✝
Definite
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	(am) failmean	(na) failmeanan
Genitive	(an) fhailmein	(nam) failmeanan
Dative	(an) fhailmean	(na) failmeanan; failmeanaibh✝
Vocative	fhailmein	fhailmeanan

^✝ obsolete form, used until the 19th century

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfalamən/
• Hyphenation: fail‧mean

Noun

failmean f

1. nominative/genitive/dative/vocative plural of failm

Mutation

Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical	Lenition
failmean	fhailmean
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Colin Mark (2003) “failmean”, in The Gaelic-English dictionary, London: Routledge, →ISBN, page 276