fìon

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish fín, from Latin vīnum.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fiən/

Noun

fìon m (genitive singular fìona, plural fìontan)

  1. wine
  2. (obsolete) truth

Derived terms

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fìonfhìon
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fìon”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “fín”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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