fann
Irish
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fann (“weak, helpless”), from Proto-Celtic *wasnos. Cognate with Breton gwan, Old Cornish guan, and Welsh gwan.
Pronunciation
edit- (Munster) IPA(key): /fˠaun̪ˠ/
- (Aran, Cois Fharraige) IPA(key): /fˠɑːn̪ˠ/
- (Connemara, Mayo, Ulster) IPA(key): /fˠan̪ˠ/
Adjective
editfann (genitive singular masculine fainn, genitive singular feminine fainne, plural fanna, comparative fainne)
Declension
editsingular | plural (m/f) | |||
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Positive | masculine | feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
nominative | fann | fhann | fanna; fhanna2 | |
vocative | fhainn | fanna | ||
genitive | fainne | fanna | fann | |
dative | fann; fhann1 |
fhann; fhainn (archaic) |
fanna; fhanna2 | |
Comparative | níos fainne | |||
Superlative | is fainne |
1 When the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
2 When the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fann”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “fann”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Luxembourgish
editPronunciation
editVerb
editfann
Manx
editEtymology
editFrom Old Irish fennaid (“to flay, skin”).
Verb
editfann (verbal noun fanney, past participle fant)
Derived terms
editMutation
editManx mutation | ||
---|---|---|
Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
fann | ann | vann |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Norwegian Bokmål
editVerb
editfann
Norwegian Nynorsk
editVerb
editfann
Old English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Proto-West Germanic *βannu, *wannu (“winnowing fan”).
Noun
editfann f
Declension
editStrong ō-stem:
singular | plural | |
---|---|---|
nominative | fann | fanna, fanne |
accusative | fanne | fanna, fanne |
genitive | fanne | fanna |
dative | fanne | fannum |
Derived terms
edit- fannian (“to winnow corn”)
Descendants
editReferences
edit- Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) “fann”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary[1], 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Old Norse
editVerb
editfann
Swedish
editVerb
editfann
- past indicative of finna
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