Fionlannach

Irish

Etymology

From An Fhionlainn (“Finland”) +‎ -ach (adjectival suffix).

Adjective

Fionlannach (genitive singular masculine Fionlannaigh, genitive singular feminine Fionlannaí, plural Fionlannacha, not comparable)

1. Finnish

Declension

Declension of Fionlannach

Positive	singular		plural
	masculine	feminine
nominative	Fionlannach	Fhionlannach	Fionlannacha; Fhionlannacha2
vocative	Fhionlannaigh		Fionlannacha
genitive		Fionlannaí	strong noun	weak noun
			Fionlannacha	Fionlannach
dative	Fionlannach; Fhionlannach1	Fhionlannach; Fhionlannaigh (archaic)	Fionlannacha; Fhionlannacha2
Comparative	níos Fionlannaí
Superlative	is Fionlannaí

¹ When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
² When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.

Noun

Fionlannach m (genitive singular Fionlannaigh, nominative plural Fionlannaigh)

1. Finn, Finlander, Finnish person

Declension

Declension of Fionlannach (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative Fionlannach Fionlannaigh vocative a Fhionlannaigh a Fhionlannacha genitive Fionlannaigh Fionlannach dative Fionlannach Fionlannaigh forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an Fionlannach na Fionlannaigh genitive an Fhionlannaigh na bhFionlannach dative leis an bhFionlannach don Fhionlannach leis na Fionlannaigh

Mutation

Mutated forms of Fionlannach

radical	lenition	eclipsis
Fionlannach	Fhionlannach	bhFionlannach

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “Fionlannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “Fionlannach”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “Fionlannach”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2025