fearann

Irish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfʲaɾˠən̪ˠ/[1]

Etymology 1

From a Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (“to cover, envelop”) shared with Sanskrit वारण (vāraṇa, “dike, entrenchment”), वर्मन् (varman, “armor, protection”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬛𐬥𐬁 (vardnā, “cover, envelope”).

Noun

fearann m (genitive singular fearainn, nominative plural fearainn)

  1. land, territory, domain; field, farm, grounds
  2. quarter, portion
  3. region
Declension
Declension of fearann

First declension

Bare forms:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fearann fearainn
Vocative a fhearainn a fhearanna
Genitive fearainn fearann
Dative fearann fearainn

Forms with the definite article:

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an fearann na fearainn
Genitive an fhearainn na bhfearann
Dative leis an bhfearann

don fhearann

 leis na fearainn
Descendants
  • → Yola: varreen
Further reading

Verb

fearann

  1. present indicative analytic of fear

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

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From a Proto-Indo-European root *wer- (“to cover, envelop”) shared with Sanskrit वारण (vāraṇa, “dike, entrenchment”), वर्मन् (varman, “armor, protection”), Avestan 𐬬𐬀𐬭𐬛𐬥𐬁 (vardnā, “cover, envelope”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛɾən̪ˠ/

Noun

fearann m (genitive singular fearainn)

  1. land
  2. estate

Derived terms
  • fearann na h-oighreachd (“estate”)

Mutation
Scottish Gaelic mutation
Radical Lenition
fearannfhearann
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “fearann”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • Hubert, Henri: The Rise of the Celts (2013)
  • Armenian and Indo-European: Historical Phonology (1963)
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