fearán
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Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Irish ferán (“little man, mannikin”), from fer (“man”); equivalent to fear (“man”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Noun
[edit]fearán m (genitive singular fearáin, nominative plural fearáin)
Declension
[edit]Declension of fearán
Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]- fearán baicdhubh (“collared dove”)
- fearán binne (“rock-dove”)
- fearán breac, fearán eidhinn (“turtle-dove”)
Mutation
[edit]Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fearán | fhearán | bhfearán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
[edit]- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “ferán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language