faighin
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Irish[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean.
Noun[edit]
faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)
Declension[edit]
Declension of faighin
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived terms[edit]
Mutation[edit]
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[edit]
- 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.