faoileán
Irish
Alternative forms
- faoileann, faoile, faoileadán, faoileagán, faoileannán
Etymology
From Old Irish faílenn + -án (diminutive suffix) (ending has been reanalysed, based on a dialect or dialects where -ann and -án are homophones).
Pronunciation
- (Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): (as if spelt faidhlleán) /fˠəil̠ʲɑːn̪ˠ/[1]
Noun
faoileán m (genitive singular faoileáin, nominative plural faoileáin)
Declension
Declension of faoileán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- faoileán bán (“common gull, seamew”)
- faoileán ceanndubh, faoileán an chaipín (“black-headed gull”)
- faoileán droma duibh (“black-backed gull”)
- faoileán scadán (“herring gull”)
- faoileánach (“frequented by seagulls”, adjective)
- faoileanda (“seagull-like; sweeping, graceful”, adjective)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| faoileán | fhaoileán | bhfaoileán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faoileán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faílenn, foílenn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Entries containing “faoileán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “faoileán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
- de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1977) Gaeilge Chois Fhairrge: An Deilbhíocht (in Irish), 2nd edition, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies, § 377 (p. 174) and p. 337
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