fearán

Irish

Alternative forms

  • féarán

Etymology

From Old Irish ferán (“little man, mannikin”), from fer (“man”); equivalent to fear (“man”) +‎ -án (diminutive suffix).

Noun

fearán m (genitive singular fearáin, nominative plural fearáin)

  1. dove

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Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearán fhearán bhfearán
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • "fearán" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
  • “ferán” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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