fionnán

Irish

Alternative forms

• feannán, fionnánach

Etymology

From fionn (“fair, blond”) +‎ -án.

Pronunciation

• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfʲan̪ˠanˠ/ (corresponding to the form feannán)

Noun

fionnán m (genitive singular fionnáin, nominative plural fionnáin)

1. purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea)

Declension

Declension of fionnán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fionnán fionnáin vocative a fhionnáin a fhionnána genitive fionnáin fionnán dative fionnán fionnáin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fionnán na fionnáin genitive an fhionnáin na bhfionnán dative leis an bhfionnán don fhionnán leis na fionnáin

Mutation

Mutated forms of fionnán

radical	lenition	eclipsis
fionnán	fhionnán	bhfionnán

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

Further reading

• “fionnán”, in Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926, Royal Irish Academy
• Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “fionnán”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 316
• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fionnán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN