feadán

See also: feadan

Irish

Etymology

From fead +‎ -án.

Noun

feadán m (genitive singular feadáin, nominative plural feadáin)

1. tube
2. (anatomy, botany) duct
3. tubular thing
4. peg, pin
5. (geography) watercourse, gully
6. whistling sound
7. bronchial wheeze

Declension

Declension of feadán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative feadán feadáin vocative a fheadáin a fheadána genitive feadáin feadán dative feadán feadáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an feadán na feadáin genitive an fheadáin na bhfeadán dative leis an bhfeadán don fheadán leis na feadáin

Derived terms

• feadánach
• feadánacht
• néarfheadán

 

Mutation

Mutated forms of feadán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
feadán	fheadán	bhfeadán

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