finnfad
Old Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Akin to finna (“a hair”).
Noun
finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)
- hair (typically of the body), fur
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 242
- findfod
- c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 242
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- finnfadach (“hairy, shaggy”)
Descendants
Mutation
Old Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
finnfad | ḟinnfad | finnfad pronounced with /β(ʲ)-/ |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “finnfad”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language