fáinní

Irish

Pronunciation

(Waterford) IPA^(key): [fˠɑːˈɲiː]
(Cork, Kerry) IPA^(key): [fˠɑːˈn̠ʲiː]
(Connacht) IPA^(key): [ˈfˠɑːn̠ʲiː]
(Ulster) IPA^(key): [ˈfˠæːn̠ʲi]

Adjective

fáinní

genitive singular feminine of fáinneach (“annular; ring-like; ringed; cyclic; ringleted; whorled; adorned, beautiful”)
comparative degree of fáinneach

Alternative forms

fáinnighe (obsolete)

Noun

fáinní m pl

plural of fáinne (“ring”)

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
fáinní	fháinní	bhfáinní
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

"fáinní" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
Entries containing “fáinní” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
Entries containing “fáinní” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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