faighin

faighin

Irish

Alternative forms

• faighean

Etymology

From Old Irish faigen (“sheath, scabbard”), from Latin vāgīna. Cognate with Manx fine and Scottish Gaelic faighean.

Noun

faighin f (genitive singular faighne, nominative plural faighneacha)

1. sheath
   1. scabbard
   2. case, shell
2. vagina

   Synonyms: (colloquial) coinín, pit

Declension

Declension of faighin

Second declension

Bare forms Case Singular Plural Nominative faighin faighneacha Vocative a fhaighin a fhaighneacha Genitive faighne faighneacha Dative faighin faighneacha

Forms with the definite article Case Singular Plural Nominative an fhaighin na faighneacha Genitive na faighne na bhfaighneacha Dative leis an bhfaighin don fhaighin leis na faighneacha

Derived terms

• faighin mheala (“honeycomb”)
• faighneog

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
faighin	fhaighin	bhfaighin
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “faighin”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “faighin” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “faighin” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.