fearthainn

Irish

Alternative forms
  • fearthain f

Etymology

From Middle Irish ferthain (“giving forth, pouring, showering”), from the verbal noun of Old Irish feraid (“grant, afford, supply”).

Pronunciation

Noun

fearthainn f (genitive singular fearthainne)

  1. rain (condensed water from a cloud)
  2. rainfall

Declension
Declension of fearthainn

Second declension

Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)

Case Singular
Nominative fearthainn
Vocative a fhearthainn
Genitive fearthainne
Dative fearthainn

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular
Nominative an fhearthainn
Genitive na fearthainne
Dative leis an bhfearthainn

don fhearthainn

Synonyms

Derived terms

Mutation
Irish mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
fearthainn fhearthainn bhfearthainn
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References
  1. Finck, F. N. (1899) Die araner mundart (in German), volume II, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 107
  2. Quiggin, E. C. (1906) A Dialect of Donegal, Cambridge University Press, page 98

Further reading
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