fallain
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
From Middle Irish follán, from fo- + slán.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfal̪ˠəɲ/
Adjective
fallain
- able-bodied, hail, healthy, orthodox, salubrious, sound, well, wholesome
Derived terms
- fallaineachd
- mì-fhallain
Mutation
| Scottish Gaelic mutation | |
|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition |
| fallain | fhallain |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |
Further reading
- MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “fallain”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “follán, fallán”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language