faighin
Irish
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean.
Noun
faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)
Declension
Declension of faighin
Second declension
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Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms
- faighneog
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faighin | fhaighin | bhfaighin |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faighin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “faighin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “faighin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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