faoin

Irish

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fˠiːnʲ/

Contraction

faoin

  1. contraction of faoi an
    under the
    about the

Usage notes

Depending on dialect, triggers either lenition or eclipsis of the following consonant (except d, s, t):

  • faoin fhuinneog/bhfuinneog
    under the window
Irish preposition contractions
contracted with copular forms
base form an (“the sg”) na (“the pl”) mo (“my”) do (“your”) a (“his, her, their; which (present)”) ár (“our”) ar (“which (past)”) before a consonant before a vowel
present/future past/conditional
de (“from”) den de na
desna*		 de mo
dem*		 de do
ded*, det*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
do (“to, for”) don do na
dosna*		 do mo
dom*		 do do
dod*, dot*		 dá dár dar darb darbh
faoi (“under, about”) faoin faoi na faoi mo faoi do faoina faoinár faoinar faoinarb faoinarbh
i (“in”) sa, san sna i mo
im*		 i do
id*, it*		 ina inár inar inarb inarbh
le (“with”) leis an leis na le mo
lem*		 le do
led*, let*		 lena lenár lenar lenarb lenarbh
ó (“from, since”) ón ó na
ósna*		 ó mo
óm*		 ó do
ód*, ót*		 óna ónár ónar ónarb ónarbh
trí (“through”) tríd an trí na trí mo trí do trína trínár trínar trínarb trínarbh

*dialectal

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Middle Irish fáen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɯːɲ/

Adjective

faoin (comparative faoine)

  1. silly, foolish, daft, inane, naive
  2. futile, vain
  3. frivolous, giddy
  4. superficial, shallow, vacuous

Declension

Declension of faoin (type II adjective)
masculine feminine plural
nominative faoin fhaoin faoine
genitive fhaoin faoine faoine
dative faoin fhaoin faoine
vocative fhaoin fhaoin faoine

Mutation

Mutation of faoin
radical lenition
faoin fhaoin

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

References

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