fionnadh

Irish

Etymology 1

From Old Irish finnfad, possibly due to confusion with fionna (“a hair”).

Noun

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnaidh, nominative plural fionnaidh)

  1. hair, fur
    1. (cloth) pile
    2. (timber) grain
Declension
Derived terms
  • cóta fionnaidh (“fur coat”)
  • fionnadhach, fionnaitheach (“hairy, furry, rough”, adjective)

Etymology 2

Noun

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnta, nominative plural fionntaí)

  1. verbal noun of fionn (to singe, flay):
  2. act of flaying, singeing, applying fire to
    beirim fionnadh do
    I apply fire to, I scorch
Declension
See also
  • feann (“to flay”)

Etymology 3

Noun

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnta, nominative plural fionntaí)

  1. verbal noun of fionn (to whiten):
  2. a white speck on the iris.
Declension

Verb

fionnadh

  1. inflection of fionn:
    1. past indicative autonomous
    2. past subjunctive analytic
    3. third-person singular imperative

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fionnadh fhionnadh bhfionnadh
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnaidh, no plural)

  1. flaying, skinning
  2. trying
  3. searching
  4. examining
  5. hair of a quadruped
    Tha fionnadh chàmal air a chòta. ― His coat has camel hair.
  6. beard
  7. fur
    Tha fionnadh na chuinnleanan. ― There's hair in his nostrils.
  8. fur (article of dress)
  9. pile (as of cloth)

References

  • Faclair Gàidhlig Dwelly Air Loidhne, Dwelly, Edward (1911), Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan/The Illustrated [Scottish] Gaelic-English Dictionary (10th ed.), Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • “finnfad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
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