faighin

Irish

Alternative forms

• faighean

Etymology

From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean.

Noun

faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)

1. sheath
   1. scabbard
   2. case, shell
2. vagina

   Synonyms: (colloquial) coinín, pit

Declension

Declension of faighin (second declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative faighin faighneacha vocative a fhaighin a fhaighneacha genitive faighne faighneacha dative faighin faighneacha forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an fhaighin na faighneacha genitive na faighne na bhfaighneacha dative leis an bhfaighin don fhaighin leis na faighneacha

Derived terms

• faighneog

Mutation

Mutated forms of faighin

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faighin	fhaighin	bhfaighin

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