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feddan
feddan
English
Noun
feddan (plural feddans)
- A Middle Eastern unit of area, divided into 24 kirats, and typically equivalent to 4200.8 square metres.
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish fetán (“whistle, pipe”), from fet (“whistle”) (compare Irish fead, feadóg).
Noun
feddan m (genitive singular feddan, plural feddanyn)
- flute, whistle, fife, pipe, chanter
- Kiaull y chassey ass y feddan millish. ― Tootle on the flute.
- Lhig eh feddan er y voddey. ― He whistled to the dog.
- pipe, tube, tubing, channel, aqueduct
- Ren eh lhoobey y feddan. ― He bent the tube over.
- barrel, vessel
- sleeve, sleeving
Mutation
| Manx mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| feddan | eddan | veddan |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||