fuarán

See also: fuaran

Irish

Etymology

From Old Irish úarán (“spring”), from úar (“cold”).

Pronunciation

• (Munster) IPA^(key): /fˠuəˈɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Connacht) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəɾˠɑːnˠ/, /ˈfˠuəɾˠɑːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /ˈfˠuəɾˠanˠ/, /ˈfˠuəɾˠan̪ˠ/

Noun

fuarán m (genitive singular fuaráin, nominative plural fuaráin)

1. fountain, spring

Declension

Declension of fuarán (first declension)

bare forms case singular plural nominative fuarán fuaráin vocative a fhuaráin a fhuarána genitive fuaráin fuarán dative fuarán fuaráin forms with the definite article case singular plural nominative an fuarán na fuaráin genitive an fhuaráin na bhfuarán dative leis an bhfuarán don fhuarán leis na fuaráin

Derived terms

• fuaránach
• fuaránta

Related terms

• fuar

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “úarán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language