fána
Eastern Maninkakan
editAlternative scripts
edit- ߝߣߊ߫ (nko)
Particle
editfána
Icelandic
editEtymology
editLearned borrowing from New Latin fauna.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfána f (genitive singular fánu, nominative plural fánur)
Declension
editDeclension of fána | ||||
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f-w1 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | fána | fánan | fánur | fánurnar |
accusative | fánu | fánuna | fánur | fánurnar |
dative | fánu | fánunni | fánum | fánunum |
genitive | fánu | fánunnar | fána | fánanna |
Irish
editPronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːn̪ˠə/
- (Connacht) IPA(key): /ˈfˠɑːnˠə/, /ˈfˠɑːn̪ˠə/[1]
- (Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfˠaːnˠə/, /ˈfˠaːn̪ˠə/
Etymology 1
editFrom Old Irish fán, from Proto-Celtic *wāgnā (“slope, depression, hollow”), hence also Welsh gwaun. Possibly related to Latin vagus (“wandering, strolling”).[2]
Alternative forms
editNoun
editfána f (genitive singular fána, nominative plural fánaí)
Declension
editDeclension of fána
Derived terms
edit- le fána (“down, away”)
Further reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fána”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
editContraction
editfána
Alternative forms
editMutation
editIrish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fána | fhána | bhfána |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
edit- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 105
- ^ Matasović, Ranko (2009) “wagno”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Celtic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 9), Leiden: Brill, →ISBN, pages 401-02
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/auːna
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- Icelandic lemmas
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