faisean
Irish
Alternative forms
- faisiún
Etymology
From English fashion, from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun, variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfˠaʃənˠ/
Noun
faisean m (genitive singular faisin, nominative plural faisin)
- fashion
Declension
Declension of faisean
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- fág an tír nó bí san fhaisean
- faiseanta
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
faisean | fhaisean | bhfaisean |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- “faisean” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
- “faisean” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 295.
- "faisean" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.