fánas

Irish

Etymology 1

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Noun

fánas m (genitive singular fánais, nominative plural fánais)

1. gap

Etymology 2

From Latin faunus.

Noun

fánas m (genitive singular fánais, nominative plural fánais)

1. (Roman mythology, literature) faun

Declension

Declension of fánas (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fánas fánais vocative a fhánais a fhánasa genitive fánais fánas dative fánas fánais forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fánas na fánais genitive an fhánais na bhfánas dative leis an bhfánas don fhánas leis na fánais

Mutation

Mutated forms of fánas

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fánas	fhánas	bhfánas

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) “fánas”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fánas”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fánas”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013-2024