fiarlán

Irish

Etymology

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Noun

fiarlán m (genitive singular fiarláin, nominative plural fiarláin)

1. zigzag

Declension

Declension of fiarlán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fiarlán fiarláin vocative a fhiarláin a fhiarlána genitive fiarláin fiarlán dative fiarlán fiarláin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fiarlán na fiarláin genitive an fhiarláin na bhfiarlán dative leis an bhfiarlán don fhiarlán leis na fiarláin

Derived terms

• fiarlánach
• fuaigh fiarláin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fiarlán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fiarlán	fhiarlán	bhfiarlán

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