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fionnadh

fionnadh

Irish

Noun

fionnadh m (genitive singular fionnaidh, nominative plural fionnaidh)

  1. hair, fur
    1. (cloth) pile
    2. (timber) grain
Declension
Derived terms
  • fionnadhach, fionnaitheach (hairy, furry, rough)

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.

References

  • finnfad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
  • “fionnadh” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
  • "fionnadh" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.

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 0 901771 92 9
  • finnfad” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.