feadán
See also: feadan
Irish
Etymology
From fead + -án.
Noun
feadán m (genitive singular feadáin, nominative plural feadáin)
- tube
- (anatomy, botany) duct
- tubular thing
- peg, pin
- (geography) watercourse, gully
- whistling sound
- bronchial wheeze
Declension
Declension of feadán
First declension
Bare forms:
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Derived terms
- feadánach
- feadánacht
- néarfheadán
Mutation
Irish mutation | ||
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Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
feadán | fheadán | bhfeadán |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “feadán”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “feadán” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “feadán” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.