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flann
flann
Irish
Adjective
flann (genitive singular masculine flainn, genitive singular feminine flainne, plural flanna, comparative flainne)
Declension
Declension of flann
| Singular | Plural (m/f) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Masculine | Feminine | (strong noun) | (weak noun) |
| Nominative | flann | flann¹ | flanna³ | |
| Vocative | flainn¹ | flann¹ | flanna | |
| Genitive | flainn¹ | flainne | flanna | flann |
| Dative | flann² | flann¹; (archaic) flainn¹ |
flanna³ | |
| Comparative | flainne | |||
¹ This form is lenited after a noun if possible.
² This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun is lenited and governed by the definite article.
³ This form is lenited if possible when the preceding noun ends in a slender consonant.
Derived terms
- flannbhuí (“orange”)
Noun
flann f (genitive singular flainne)
- (poetry) blood
Declension
Declension of flann
Second declension
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Bare forms (no plural form of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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References
- "flann" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- “flann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Old Irish
Alternative forms
- fland
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flan͈/
Adjective
flann
Inflection
This adjective needs an inflection-table template.
Descendants
Noun
flann m
- (poetic) blood
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Derived terms
- Flann m (“personal name”)
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| flann | ḟlann | flann pronounced with /v(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
References
- “flann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Adjective
flann
Synonyms
Derived terms
- flann-bhuinneach
- flann-dearg
- flann-dhearg
- flannach
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
- “flann” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.