folláine

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

folláine f (genitive singular folláine)

1. healthiness; wholesomeness, soundness

Declension

Declension of folláine

Fourth declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun) Case Singular Nominative folláine Vocative a fholláine Genitive folláine Dative folláine

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Nominative an fholláine Genitive na folláine Dative leis an bhfolláine don fholláine

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

folláine

1. inflection of folláin (“healthy; wholesome, sound”):
   1. genitive singular feminine
   2. plural
   3. comparative degree

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
folláine	fholláine	bhfolláine
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “folláine”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “folláine”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “folláine”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024