fíochán
Appearance
Irish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From figh (“to weave”) + -achán.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]fíochán m (genitive singular fíocháin, nominative plural fíocháin)
- (act of) weaving
- weave (type or way of weaving)
- (anatomy) tissue (aggregation of cells)
- tracery (delicate interlacing of lines)
- web (latticed or woven structure)
Declension
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Derived terms
[edit]- fíochán saille (“adipose tissue”)
- fíochán tacaíochta (“connective tissue”)
- fíochán coilm (“scar tissue”)
Mutation
[edit]radical | lenition | eclipsis |
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fíochán | fhíochán | bhfíochán |
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
References
[edit]- ^ “fíochán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
- ^ Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart [The Aran Dialect] (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 112
Further reading
[edit]- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “figeachán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fiġeaċán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 314
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fíochán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN