faithne

Irish

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Irish faithne.[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfˠæhnʲə/[2]

Noun

faithne m (genitive singular faithne, nominative plural faithní)

  1. wart

Declension
Declension of faithne

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative faithne faithní
Vocative a fhaithne a fhaithní
Genitive faithne faithní
Dative faithne faithní

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an faithne na faithní
Genitive an fhaithne na bhfaithní
Dative leis an bhfaithne

don fhaithne

 leis na faithní

Derived terms
  • faithne ailse (“cancerous growth”, literally “cancer wart”)
  • faithneach (“warty; tuberculate”, adjective)

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
faithne fhaithne bhfaithne
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “faithne”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 93

Further reading
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