fearthainn - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle Irish ferthain (“giving forth, pouring, showering”), from the verbal noun of Old Irish feraid (“grant, afford, supply”).
- (Waterford) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠhəɲ/
- (Cork, Kerry) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠhən̠ʲ/
- (Aran) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠən/[1]
- (Connacht, Ulster) IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠhən̠ʲ/[2]
fearthainn f (genitive singular fearthainne)
- cóta fearthainne (“raincoat”)
- fearthainneach
- fearthainniúil (“rainy, showery”)
- scáth fearthainne
- uisce fearthainne
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| fearthainn | fhearthainn | bhfearthainn |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107
- ^ Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, § 276, page 98
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fearthainn”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN