faisean

Irish

Alternative forms

• faisiún

Etymology

From English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfˠaʃən̪ˠ/, /ˈfˠaʃənˠ/

Noun

faisean m (genitive singular faisin, nominative plural faisin)

1. fashion

Declension

Declension of faisean (first declension)

bare forms singular plural nominative faisean faisin vocative a fhaisin a fhaiseana genitive faisin faisean dative faisean faisin forms with the definite article singular plural nominative an faisean na faisin genitive an fhaisin na bhfaisean dative leis an bhfaisean don fhaisean leis na faisin

Derived terms

• fág an tír nó bí san fhaisean
• faiseanta

Mutation

Mutated forms of faisean

radical	lenition	eclipsis
faisean	fhaisean	bhfaisean

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

Further reading

• “faisean”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “faisean”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 295
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “faisean”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN