Faroese

Noun

fonn f (genitive singular fannar, plural fannir)

1. snowdrift
2. bow wash, bow wave

Declension

Synonyms

• kavafonn, skalvur, snjófonn (poetic)
• bógfonn

Irish

Pronunciation

• (Galway) IPA^(key): /fˠuːn̪ˠ/
• (Ulster) IPA^(key): /fˠʌn̪ˠ/

Etymology 1

From Old Irish fonn ‎(“desire, fondness”).

Noun

fonn m ‎(genitive singular foinn)

1. desire, urge
2. mood (with chun or the genitive of what the person is in the mood for)

   Tá fonn orm chun damhsa.‎

   I feel like dancing; I’m in the mood for dancing.

   Tá fonn damhsa orm.‎

   I feel like dancing; I’m in the mood for dancing.

Declension

Etymology 2

From Old Irish fonn ‎(“melody, song”).

Noun

fonn m ‎(genitive singular foinn, nominative plural foinn)

1. (music) air (song)

Declension

Derived terms

• fonnadóir

Mutation

References

• “2 fonn (‘desire, fondness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 fonn (‘melody, song’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “fonn” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1927, by Patrick S. Dinneen.
• Franz Nikolaus Finck, 1899, Die araner mundart, Marburg: Elwert’sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, vol. II, 117.
• "fonn" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• E. C. Quiggin, A Dialect of Donegal, page 86.

Old Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fon͈/

Etymology 1

Possibly a late or variant form of bonn ‎(“sole, foot”).

Noun

fonn m, n

1. sole (of the foot):
2. base, bottom, foundation
3. soil, ground, (by extension) piece of land, territory

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 2

Noun

fonn m

1. desire, fondness, pleasure (in something)

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Etymology 3

Perhaps an extension of fonn².

Noun

fonn m

1. melody, song

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Mutation

References

• “1 fonn (‘sole; bottom’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “2 fonn (‘desire, fondness’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.
• “3 fonn (‘melody, song’)” in Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy, 1913–76.

Scottish Gaelic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔun̪ˠ/

Noun

fonn m ‎(genitive singular fuinn, plural fuinn)

1. tune, melody

Synonyms

• port, mànran

Mutation

Vilamovian

Noun

fonn n (plural of fōn)

1. flags