finnfad

Old Irish

Alternative forms

  • findfad
  • findfod

Etymology

Akin to finna (“a hair”).

Noun

finnfad m (genitive finnfaid)

  1. hair (typically of the body), fur
    • c. 900, Sanas Cormaic, from the Yellow Book of Lecan, Corm. Y 242
      findfod

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Derived terms

  • finnfadach (“hairy, shaggy”)

Descendants

Mutation

Old Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Nasalization
finnfad ḟinnfad finnfad
pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

  • “finnfad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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