feann

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Irish[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Irish fennaid, denominative from finnae (hair) (compare finnfad), from Proto-Celtic *wendo-.

Pronunciation[edit]

Verb[edit]

feann (present analytic feannann, future analytic feannfaidh, verbal noun feannadh, past participle feannta)

  1. to skin, flay
  2. to fleece (con or trick someone out of money)
  3. to strip (take away), plunder
  4. to damn (condemn), slate (criticize harshly)

Conjugation[edit]

Mutation[edit]

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
feann fheann bhfeann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

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