feadán

See also: feadan

Irish

Etymology

From fead +‎ -án.

Noun

feadán m (genitive singular feadáin, nominative plural feadáin)

1. tube
2. (anatomy, botany) duct
3. tubular thing
4. peg, pin
5. (geography) watercourse, gully
6. whistling sound
7. bronchial wheeze

Declension

Declension of feadán

First declension

Bare forms: Case Singular Plural Nominative feadán feadáin Vocative a fheadáin a fheadána Genitive feadáin feadán Dative feadán feadáin

Forms with the definite article: Case Singular Plural Nominative an feadán na feadáin Genitive an fheadáin na bhfeadán Dative leis an bhfeadán don fheadán leis na feadáin

Derived terms

• feadánach
• feadánacht
• néarfheadán

 

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
feadán	fheadán	bhfeadán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “feadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “feadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “feadán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.