fearán
Irish
Alternative forms
- féarán
Etymology
From Old Irish ferán (“little man, mannikin”), from fer (“man”); equivalent to fear (“man”) + -án (diminutive suffix).
Declension
Declension of fearán
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- fearán baicdhubh (“collared dove”)
- fearán binne (“rock-dove”)
- fearán breac, fearán eidhinn (“turtle-dove”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fearán | fhearán | bhfearán |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “ferán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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