Faolán

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish Fáelán. By surface analysis, faol (“wolf”) +‎ -án.

Proper noun

Faolán m (genitive Fhaoláin)

  1. a male given name from Old Irish

Declension
Declension of Faolán

First declension

Bare forms (no plural of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative Faolán
Vocative a Fhaoláin
Genitive Faoláin
Dative Faolán

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular
Nominative an Faolán
Genitive an Fhaoláin
Dative leis an bhFaolán

don Fhaolán

Derived terms
  • Faolánach (“person named Ó Faoláin or Ní Fhaoláin”)
  • Mac Giolla Fhaoláin
    → English: Gilliland, Leland, McClellan, McLeland
  • Ó Faoláin

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
Faolán Fhaolán bhFaolán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading
  • Ó Corráin, Donnchadh, Maguire, Fidelma (1981) Gaelic Personal Names, Dublin: The Academy Press, →ISBN, page 92
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